Badung Regency Government, Bali, through the local Tourism Office and Board of Badung Regional Tourism Promotion held a Sales Mission in early 2020 through a series of activities in India on 6-10 January 2020. Head of Badung Tourism Office, I Made Badra in the Kuta, Badung explained on Tuesday (14/1) that India is chosen as the Sales Mission target of this year because the country is an emerging market that has huge potential to contribute to the achievement of tourists visits by 2020.
Indonesian Minister of Defense, Prabowo Subianto, held a bilateral meeting with French Defense Minister / Florence Parly, at the Office of the French Ministry of Defense in Paris (13/01). Minister Prabowo was accompanied by the Indonesian Ambassador, Special Assistant to the Defense Minister, Chair of the Defense Industrial Policy Committee, Operations Assistant Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force and Commander of the Navy's Staff and Command of Defense School who were warmly welcomed by French Defense Minister Florence Parly and French Ministry of Defense officials. Indonesian Defense Minister received a Military Honor Ceremony at the French Ministry of Defense as an early series of bilateral meeting. At the second meeting / Indonesian Minister of Defense discussed steps to strengthen defense cooperation between the two countries, and efforts to advance the Indonesian defense industries.
Indonesian Embassy in Cairo released the journey of Hakam Mabruri by cycling across the African continent from Cairo, Egypt to Cape Town, South Africa (01/13/2020). Hakam will explore a distance of more than 10,000 kilometers for one year to reach African continent across Sudan, Etiophia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. Hakam also explained that he wants to introduce to those countries that Indonesia as a Muslim-majority country is a friendly nation and full of tolerance.