Two state guests from neighboring countries

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has the honor to receive on June 28, 2018 two state guests, the President of the Democratic Republic of East Timor Francisco Guterres , colloquially known as Lu Olo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad. The Head of State of East Timor and Head of Government and the Kingdom of Malaysia is a neighboring country of the Indonesian state. The two leaders came to Indonesia for the first time after their inauguration as head of their country after winning the last elections.

Lu Olo has been President of East Timor since May 20, 2017 after winning the elections two months earlier on March 20, 2017 while Mahathir returned to the Malaysian Prime Minister on May 10, 2018 after his leadership Alliance of Hope Pledge won the elections on May 9, 2018.

4th President of Timor Leste y who was in the past one of the Fretilin guerrillas when he was still a province and was part of the unitary state of the Republic Indonesia and the 4th Prime Minister (1981-2003) and 7th Malaysia was not a stranger to the Indonesian nation.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo was visited by the State of the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Francisco Guterres, at the presidential palace in Bogor around 10:00 am.

While Jokowi welcomed Mahathir The reception of Jokowi's state guests at Halim Airport is the second time since the arrival of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz As Saud in Saudi Arabia on 1 March 2017.

Jokowi has already been received at the airport Halim Perdana Kusuma of Jakarta. During a state trip to Timor-Leste, the head of state received on January 26, 2016, the highest service star of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, the Great Colar of Timor Leste, handed over directly by Timorese President Taur Matan Ruak. [19659002JokowietMatanRuakontfollowedthedifferenceofbilateralrelationsbetweenthetwocountriesThetwocountrieshavebeenformeddiplomaticrelationsinceJuly22002

East Timor became an independent sovereign state on May 20, 2002, and joined the United Nations following the referendum of the Timorese people – while continuing to integrate into the United States. Indonesian state. As Jokowi in Timor-Leste, the two countries discussed strengthening bilateral relations and strengthening economic cooperation in various fields, such as trade, investment, energy, infrastructure development, etc. as well as cooperation on the settlement of border problems. The governments of the two countries then signed five memoranda of understanding in the form of Memorandums of Understanding in various fields, such as youth and sports, ranking, climatology and geophysics, SAR and the United States. petroleum and mineral energy.

According to data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Government of Timor-Leste has entrusted the construction of several strategic infrastructure projects to Indonesian construction companies.

In addition, Indonesia is committed to supporting the development of Timor-Leste through various capacity-building programs. In 2015, the two countries' trade amounted to $ 217 million, with a surplus of $ 215.95 million.

In 2016, the value increased to $ 227.41 million with a surplus of $ 224.42 million.

On his trip to Indonesia, Lu Olo commends the Indonesian government for its efforts to include East Timor in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

He also congratulates Indonesia, which has been elected non-permanent member of the Security Council. 2019-2020

The President of Timor-Leste added that his country valued cooperation with Indonesia in a number of important areas as a key partner.

A number of cooperative discussions include increased cooperation to increase Kupang-Dili's air connectivity. Kupang-Dili Land Transport

In addition, no less than nine state-owned enterprises and about 400 WNI-owned enterprises operated (19659002) Strengthened economic cooperation between Indonesia and Timor-Leste in several sectors, including infrastructure, energy, finance, banking, information and tourism cooperation

While Jokowi also hailed East Timor's support to Indonesia when nominating the member of the United Nations Security Council 2019-2020, June 8, 2018.

"With this support, Alhamdulillah Indonesia was elected on June 8, 2018 in York, President Jokowi said at the opening of the meeting. A bilateral meeting with President Guterres

Indonesia is committed to strengthening cooperation in a number of areas.Indonesia also wants to remain a trusted partner for development. t pacific and stable infrastructure and capabilities in Timor Leste

Great attention to the friendship between Indonesia and Timor Leste, friendship that awaits the welfare of our two peoples.

Jokowi expressed his appreciation to the government and people of Timor-Leste for the successful holding of the national parliamentary elections on May 12, 2018.

Bogor Palace

Jokowi will also officially receive the Mahathir State Visit to Presidential Palace in Bogor Friday, June 29, 2018.

Arrmanatha Nasir, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, discusses some key issues that will be discussed by the two heads of government.

On bilateral issues, the two leaders will discuss efforts to improve economic cooperation. country, especially in trade and investment.

Commercial value b L & # 39; Indonesia-Malaysia in 2017 reached 17.2 billion US dollars. Malaysia is the seventh largest trading partner of Indonesia

Malaysia is also the eighth largest investor country in Indonesia, with an investment value of 1.2 billion dollars in 2017.

In addition , President Jokowi and Prime Minister Mahathir will also discuss Indonesia-Malaysia partnership efforts to fight for access to the market for palm oil by-products in the EU region.

Indonesia and Malaysia are the second largest producers of palm oil in the world. The oil palm has a major impact on poverty reduction and improves the well-being of people in both countries.

In addition, at the bilateral meeting, President Jokowi will raise the issue of protecting Indonesian citizens residing in Malaysia. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are about 2.5 million Indonesian citizens in Malaysia.

In addition to bilateral issues, the two leaders will discuss regional and global issues of concern to both countries, including the concept of Indo-Pacific architecture.

The two leaders also had the opportunity to exchange their views on regional and global issues of common interest to Malaysia and Indonesia. The close relationship between the two countries has existed for 61 years. Malaysia regards Indonesia as one of the important strategic strategic countries, both bilaterally and in various international and multilateral fora.

The visit should provide a new platform for the two leaders to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries. Malaysia presents the latest government policies and bases on a number of issues that benefit both countries.

Pewarta: Budi Setiawanto
Writer: Ruslan Burhani
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