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60 Students Field Officers of Malaysian Armed Force Defense College Batch 39/19 visited Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta (2/4), Director General Desra Percaya emphasize the inevitability of cooperation for Indonesia and Malaysia. But still need to be managed the dynamics of bilateral relations of mutual trust upgrade.

The discussion focus priority Polugri pd role Indonesia & amid increasing competition in the Indo-Pacific as well as the improvement of various bilateral kjsm RI-Malaysia. Officers students were enthusiastic to get deeper into the role of Indonesia in ASEAN centrality of strengthened cooperation Indo Pacific.

The visit of the Malaysian Armed Forces Defense College to Indonesia during March 31 – April 5, is part of the Regional Field Study (SFR) of the College. The visit aims to raise trust and cooperation of the two countries, especially in the field of Defense. Students of the College also visited, among others Ministry of Defense , and the national resilience Institute, Lemhannas, & National Planning Agency, Bappenas. (kemlu)

A Garuda Indonesia GA 972 flight, en route from Banda Aceh to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, made an emergency landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday (Apr 2), at 9 local time.

Garuda Indonesia's Vice President Corporate Secretary Ikhsan Rosan gave confirmation on the incident through a text message service received by Antara on Wednesday. Rosan noted that the aircraft was left with no option but to make an emergency landing owing to a drop in the cabin air pressure.

"The flight had to make a landing in Colombo due to a decrease in the cabin pressure," Rosan noted.

Rosan added that currently, a replacement aircraft had taken off from Denpasar, Bali, to Colombo at 12:30 local time. For the interim period, passengers had been accommodated in Colombo, Rosan revealed.

"To ensure that the safety and comfort of passengers is not compromised, the pilot took the decision to make a landing in Colombo and replace the aircraft. All passengers are safe and will continue their trip to Jeddah," he stated.

The wide-bodied aircraft was carrying 338 passengers onboard. Fire trucks and ambulances were readied at the Colombo Airport prior to the emergency landing. An investigation is still underway into the incident.  (ant)

Indonesia has made tremendous progress in the fight against hunger, reporting a decline in the number of children suffering from malnutrition in the country.  

This was revealed in a joint press statement by Indonesia's Planning Agency and four other UN agencies in the country - the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), World Food Programme (WFP) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

The statement revealed that recent statistics showed positive trends in food security and malnutrition, with Indonesia reporting progress in the fourth year of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

However, it cautioned that stunting from severe malnutrition still remained high in Indonesia, with one in three stunted children present in the country.

Deputy Minister for Maritime Affairs and Natural Resources of National Planning Agency/ National Coordinator of SDG implementation Arifin Rudiyanto said that sustainable and productive agriculture would be Indonesia's real challenges in the near future. "In Indonesia, the food production system mainly relies on smallholders, and increasing the productivity of farmers is one of our critical policies," he said at the "Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Indonesia" Forum held in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Last year, per capita food consumption in Indonesia increased by around five per cent, and among the people living in poverty, calorie consumption increased around eight per cent.

In this setting, the stunting rate of children under five years of age in Indonesia fell by seven per cent to 30.8 percent between 2013 and 2018. The rate of wasting in children under five years of age also fell two percent to 10 percent during the same period.

Indonesia is in a state of economic transition, with income growth of over five per cent per year, and the demand for food growing at over four per cent. Changes are inevitable due to rapid economic growth, urbanization and a change in lifestyles.

These factors have impacted food security, nutrition and healthy diets. Like many other countries in the region, Indonesia also struggles to establish a sustainable and productive food system and nutrition, the UN agencies revealed. (ANTARA)

The Indonesian General Election that is getting closer, demands all parties to continuously intensify socialization of the election for the sake of the success of the 2019 democracy party. With more than 180 thousands Indonesian citizens in Hong Kong with voting rights, the Indonesian Consulate General of Hong Kong continues to provide support for the success of the 2019 election.  Indonesian Consul General for Hong Kong and Macau, Tri Tharyat, told RRI correspondent on Tuesday (April 2) that that the Indonesian Consulate General in Hong Kong provides suports in the form of building facilities to be used as a storehouse for ballots and ballot boxes. In addition, the Consulate General in Hong Kong also provides a special room for Hong Kong Overseas Election Committee -PPLN and Election supervisory committee-Panwaslu to support their duties.

“I am responsible for facilitating all processes. I provide Indonesian Consulate General building to store ballot boxes and so on. I also provide the Indonesian Consulate's rooms to be used for vote counting. Yes, that's my duty,” said Tri Tharyat.

Indonesian Consul General Tri Tharyat added that the Indonesian Consulate General in Hong Kong also facilitatesa venue for voting on April 14. At least in Hong Kong there are 3 polling stations that have been provided, and all of them are indoors. The decision to choose indoor polling stations this year,  is due to the comfort factor for voters.Until now, the Consulate General in Hong Kong is intensively hold coordination  with the Hong Kong Overseas Election Committe (PPLN) and Hong Kong Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) to succeed the 2019 election. The voting day in Hong Kong will be held on April 14, 2019, while the vote counting process will be on April 17, 2019. (KBRN/Ellya Ratna/AHM)