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VOINews.id, Jakarta: Indonesian president Joko Widodo welcomed the plan by Georgetown University of Washington D.C., United States (U.S.) to open a branch campus in Jakarta next year. This statement was conveyed by Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in an official transcript sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday (14/11) as reported by Antara from Jakarta.

VOInews, Jakarta: President Joko Widodo invites USA President Joe Biden to be at the forefront in defending justice and humanity for the Palestinian people.

"I really hope the US can show its leadership and be at the forefront to defend justice and humanity for the Palestinian people, for peace and Palestinian independence based on a two-state solution," President Joko Widodo said during a bilateral meeting between Indonesia and the United States at the White House, Washington DC, United States, Monday (13/11/2023).

President Joko Widodo considered this, because the contribution of the United States is considered important in realizing world peace.

"The US contribution to peace and humanity is very much awaited by the world," he added.

Meanwhile, the White House in an official statement on Monday (13/11/2023), said regarding the Palestinian and Israeli conflicts, the two leaders agreed to work together to realize peace and a two-state solution.

"Both leaders agreed that they must work together and with other regional partners to realize a durable peace through a two-state solution," the White House wrote on its official website.

In addition, during the meeting, President Joko Widodo also appreciated the good developments regarding the dynamics of relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC).

"I appreciate and support the reopening of strategic lines of communication between the United States and China," he added.

Seeing this, the President said that he believes that dialog is the key to bridging differences.

VOInews, Jakarta: Indonesia hopes that its partnership with the United States (US) can contribute to regional and global peace and prosperity. To that end, President Joko Widodo called on US President Joe Biden, on Monday, to stop the conflict and atrocities taking place in Gaza.

“This is a very painful thing for humanity," President Joko Widodo said when meeting with President Biden at the White House, Washington DC as quoted from an official statement in Jakarta, Tuesday (14/11/2023).

In addition, the President revealed that the United States is one of the most important partners for Indonesia. Therefore, the two leaders agreed to upgrade the partnership between the two countries to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP).

"But the most important thing is that we must really interpret it because for Indonesia economic cooperation is a priority, including in supply chain issues," he added.

On the occasion, President Joe Biden said that the cooperation between Indonesia and the United States which has increased to a comprehensive strategic partnership signifies a new era of cooperation between the two countries in various fields.

"This includes increased cooperation in the security sector," President Joe Biden said.

President Joe Biden considered that Indonesia plays an important role in the clean energy transition. He also committed to continue to enhance cooperation between the United States and ASEAN countries to advance a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific region.

The Head of National Library take a picture with the participants of Knowledge sharing - 

Indonesia strengthens Social Inclusion Based Library Transformation (TPBIS) through South-South and Triangular Cooperation (KSST). Through collaboration with the Ministry of State Secretariat and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Library held an event entitled Library Transformation based on social inclusion.

This forum opened the door for 8 librarians from six Colombo plan member countries and 10 librarians from Indonesia to exchange knowledge and technology which will later be implemented in each country.

Met after the opening of the Social Inclusion Based Library Transformation (TPBIS), Monday (11/13/23) at the Jakarta National Library, Head of the Foreign Technical Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of State Secretariat Noviyanti emphasized that Indonesia is in accordance with the 2020-2024 National Medium Term Development Plan , continues to be strongly committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). TPBIS program, as part of this strategic effort.

"if we look at this extraordinary potential, what was said by the head was that inclusion for this library could really be developed further, there is still an extraordinary opportunity there for it to be replicated and friends from other countries who were present also The hope is that we can replicate this concept, even if it already exists in our respective countries, we can enlarge the scale so that we can see how this has become a global library achievement", Noviyanti said. 

Noviyanti added that this event aims to increase the role of libraries in improving the quality of life of users. This initiative has succeeded in transforming public libraries into communal spaces that provide solutions for the benefit of the community.

On the same occasion, the International Organizations Division for developing countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ari Priyanto, said that developing countries must unite to strengthen cooperation and increase solidarity because of science.

"In essence, it is in line with one of our initiatives at the Asia-Africa Conference in 1955, how developing countries must unite, strengthen cooperation, increase solidarity because knowledge and skills do not come automatically, they are not free, but must be worked on, so fellow developing countries must be able to help each other", He said. 

He added that Indonesia attaches great importance to SSTC because it is in line with the national constitution which mandates Indonesia to maintain world order based on the values ​​of independence, eternal peace and social justice, as well as playing a central role in the framework of the 2030 sustainable development agenda/VOI-NK