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Foreign Minister of Indonesia. Retno Marsudi chaired the UNSC in UNHQ, New York this morning (22/05). She called for all parties to exercise maximum restraint and uphold multilateralism principles, through dialogue and negotiations.

After the session on UNSC, Minister Retno had a good meeting with Amb. Joanna Wronecka of Poland. Indonesia is appreciative of the protection of civilization in Armed Conflict. She also met Permanent Representative Jan Kickert of Austria in the UNHQ

She had also met Swiss Representative. Indonesia and Switzerland have a good cooperation in Humanitarian diplomacy. The members of the Group of Friends of Protection of Civilians. Discussed with the Permanent Representative of Switzerland, H.E. Jurg Lauber.

Finally, Minister Retno Marsudi had a good discussion with the PR of Norway, H.E. Mona Juul, New York on the issue of Palestine at the UN  I also conveyed a request for Norway's support towards Indonesia's candidacy in the UNHRC 2020-2022. (kemenlu twitter)

In addition to holding MotoGP in 2021, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that it would be even more efficient or better for country branding if Indonesia also had Formula One (F1) car racing, which is the world's leading car racing.

"He said that this F1 should be explored to be held in the context of Indonesian country branding and also in strengthening sports tourism brands in Indonesia in addition to MotoGP, and also Indonesia's efforts to host the Olympic Games in 2032," said Director of Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Abdulbar Mansoer ended with the Chairman of the Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) Erick Thohir received by President Jokowi, at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java (West Java), Wednesday (5/22) afternoon.

As the Mandalika Special Economic Zone (KEK) manager, in Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), which will be the arena for the Street Race circuit for MotoGP 2021, IDC Managing Director Abdulbal Mansoer expressed his readiness to support the government's program.

"We will immediately follow up the President's direction to see the possibility that F1 can be held at the Mandalika Circuit," Abdulbar said.

According to the Director of ITDC, in the near future he will also coordinate with those who will work together on this matter in holding F1 racing. He hopes in the near future to be able to convey more things about the possibility of bringing F1 in Indonesia after MotoGP.

So far, continued Abdulbar, the government strongly supports the implementation of the MotoGP in Mandalika. In fact, continued Abdulbar, the President conveyed to the press also that the access road from the airport to Mandalika would be built by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR), then there would be widening of the airport runway, as well as repairing the port for cruise. "So the support from the government is very clear," he said.

ITDC itself, according to Abdulbar, only built the circuit with its partner, Vinci. ITDC is the owner of the land and is now in the stage of completing homologation, continued Abdulbar, then the related parties will also complete the technical documents.

"So in October, Insya Allah, God willing, we will start building in a period of 12 months, the road will only run for 4.3 kilometers. And here we have also confirmed that it can be used for F1 too. For MotoGP we will start road construction in October 2019, "said Abdulbar.

Regarding the possibility of adjusting the circuit development specs from the motorbike arena to the F1 race arena, the Director of ITDC Abdulbas Mansoer stated, even though he only received this news a few days ago, his team immediately confirmed that the shape of the shape did not need to be changed.

"There is only treatment for topsoil and some signals or sensors that we have to add because the nature is somewhat different but it will not change significantly from the budget side or from the technical side of the road," said Abdulbar.

While KOI Chairman Erick Thohir considered, the track being built in Mandalika can also be used for car racing, and there is no waste for the F1 racing arena or other car racing vehicles.

In fact, according to Erick, there all parties also see this opportunity not only as an organizer but also how to be associated with future investment, tourism investment.

"We know that Indonesia is exploring not only halal tourism but also how to explore becoming a country that does not compete with neighboring countries such as Thailand, Malaysia in selling sports tourism or culture," Erick said. (kemensetkab)

Heartiest congratulations @jokowi on your re-election! As two large democracies, we take collective pride in successful celebration of democracy. We wish you and people of Indonesia all success under your dynamic leadership.

As our nations mark seven decades of our diplomatic relationship, I look forward to working closely with you to further deepen our bilateral Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

Original message from Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in Bahasa Indonesia ( https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1130696519492018177 )

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe extended congratulations to Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on winning the election and second presidential term, based on Antara's monitoring of the Japanese Embassy in Indonesia's Facebook page, Wednesday.

On May 21, 2019, the General Election Commission (KPU) had made an official declaration that the presidential and vice presidential candidate pair Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin won the majority votes in the Indonesian presidential election held on April 17, 2019.

After the announcement was made, Japanese Prime Minister Abe sent a message to Indonesian President Jokowi in which he congratulated him on being re-elected as the Indonesian president for the 2019-2024 period.

The Japanese PM was also optimistic of being able to work along with President Jokowi to intensify relations between both nations.

Apart from the Japanese prime minister, congratulatory messages for Jokowi on his re-election as Indonesia's president also trickled in from other leaders and heads of state, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Earlier, on May 21, at 1:28 a.m. local time, the KPU officially declared Jokowi the winner of the presidential election after the national vote tally concluded.

The final tally showed that the Jokowi-Maruf Amin pair garnered 85 million votes, or 55.5 percent of the national vote, compared to contenders Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno's 68 million votes, or 44.5 percent.

With this announcement, Jokowi has vowed to implement programs to realize greater equality and endorse social justice for all Indonesians, irrespective of their political differences.

"Let us unite in building our beloved nation and homeland for the sake of peace and welfare of our future generations---the generation of our grandchildren in the future," Jokowi emphasized. (ant)