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The annual meeting of International Monetary Fund or the 2018 IMF-World Bank Group meeting in Bali ended on Sunday (14/10). The success of the meeting held by Indonesia gets appreciation from Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde and President of The World Bank, Jim Yong Kim. Lagarde said that the success of the meeting is a fascinating accomplishment started three years ago. She also said that IMF is a friend of Indonesia

"This is an incredible achievement actually started 3 years ago. It’s a long voyage to Indonesia and all of us are embarked upon when Indonesia was selected from a list of many candidates as the best possible location to have a meeting of the World Bank and the IMF. Terima kasih Indonesia atas semua jerih lelah anda. And I really want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for that. The IMF is a friend of Indonesia, we are here to stand by you when it is tough when it is good. And I would like to say simply IMF adalah “teman” Indonesia, said Christine Lagarde .

Meanwhile, President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, said that Indonesian nation is a nation with resilience and compassionate and the World Bank is glad to respond to Indonesia's compassion and ready to help Indonesia.

"What we have learned is that the people of Indonesia are both extremely resilience and extremely compassionate. And we at the World Bank Group are very happy to be able to meet that compassion by announcing that we would be able to respond to the government's request for up to 1 billion dollars to supplement rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts and to bolster long-term resilience in Sulawesi and Lombok,"Jim Yong Kim said .

In the end of the press conference, Minister of Finance of Indonesia, Sri Mulyani also announced that Morocco is selected as the next host of the IMF meeting in 2021. (VOI/DP/Trans: Amanda/AHM)

The World Bank provides up to 1 billion US dollars in loans in the form of loans to the Indonesian government to complement relief and reconstruction efforts in affected areas, such as in Sulawesi and Lombok. Chief Executive Officer of the World Bank, Kristalina Georgieva, at a joint press conference with Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in Nusa Dua, Bali, Sunday (10/14) said that this assistance was also intended to strengthen long-term resilience. The funding will be available upon request from the Indonesian government. It will be followed by a 5 million dollar grant for technical assistance for detailed planning, to ensure that reconstruction will last well and be implemented on a community-based basis. Kristalina Georgieva said, the World Bank's aid package could include cash transfer funds for the 150,000 families affected by the disaster. for a period of between 6 months to 1 year. Strengthening the existing social protection system is designed to support local economies and jobs during the recovery phase, and to avoid long-term damage to human capital.

"The World Bank is making up to 1 billion Dollars available to Indonesian authorities to use, once they get full understanding, what may be needed and prioritize treaties: one builds resilience for the future, not only in Lombok and Sulawesi but build resilience for the country because disasters will continue to hit and the climate change there would be more worse. 150,000 families that are in the two places, that are most severely impacted and that are most valuable. Last but not least, of course, we would support the direct reconstruction efforts. What we want to see is to build neighborhoods, not houses, not streets but neighborhoods so that strong resilience of the Indonesian communities can be protected and people can go together and value new hopes," Kristalina said.

The proposed US $ 1 billion aid package could also include a new independent emergency recovery program, to finance the rebuilding of public facilities and important infrastructure assets, such as hospitals, schools, bridges, and clean water. Assistance will also strengthen the monitoring system and early warning. (VOI/DP/AHM)

The National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) is holding the second Jakarta Geopolitic Forum (JGF) to be held on October 24, 2018 in Jakarta. This year, JGF raises the theme “Mapping Future Geopolitic Dynamic”. To the Media at the communication forum on Monday, October 15th, 2018 at The National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) Building Jakarta, Lemhanas Governor Letjen (Purn) Agus Wijojo stated that unlike the first JGF last year, this year JGF is in line with the process to organize synergy to 2045. At the first JGF, Lemhanas aimed to find information and ensembled it into Jakarta Geopolitic Forum.

"When the interest of big nations meets and forms a Geopolitic dynamic today. That’s what we will disscuss. And we will try to take the meaning for Indonesia. We try to predict where Indonesia’s position with such Geopolitic dynamic development when Indonesia celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2045," Agus Wijojo said.

Agus Wijojo added that the political condition development is in line with the tecnological advances that give easiness not only to get information but also to spread information.This is one of the reasons why The National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) holds the Geopolitic Forum especially when Indonesia will face political year in 2019. (VOI/NK/AHM)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) received a courtesy call from Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad Al Maliki at the Merdeka Palace, in Jakarta, Monday. Jokowi was accompanied by Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno L. P. Marsudi while receiving Al Maliki, who was accompanied by Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Zuhair Al Sun. They held a discussion in the veranda of the Palace. On Sunday, Al Maliki took part in an event titled "Walk for Peace and Humanity: The Joint Walk to Independence for Palestine" as part of the Solidarity for Palestine Week organized by the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry in Jakarta. The "Walk for Peace and Humanity" activity was held to strengthen solidarity and deepen understanding of the wider community of Indonesia`s contribution and role in the struggle for Palestinian independence. Al Maliki noted that all support and solidarity shown by the Indonesian government and people were like a breath of "fresh air" for Palestine. The Solidarity Week for Palestine began in Bandung, West Java, by inaugurating the Palestine Walk, followed by a walk for peace and humanity in Jakarta. (ANTARA)