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Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno LP Marsudi, and Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir held a bilateral meeting and Joint Commission Meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Jakarta on Tuesday, 23 October 2018. In the meeting that has been planned for the past year, they discussed various matters relating to improving relations between the two countries, among others, regarding the socialization of the values ​​of peace and tolerance. This was conveyed by Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi during a joint press conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir at the Pancasila Building Jakarta, Tuesday (10/23).

"I held a Joint Commission meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Adel Al-Jubeir. This meeting was scheduled approximately a year ago as a follow-up to King Salman's visit to Indonesia in 2017. During the meeting, I and the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Jubeir discussed several things. Firstly, as two large Muslim countries, Indonesia together with Saudi Arabia wanted to continue to work together to disseminate peace, tolerance and peaceful conflict resolution," said Retno Marsudi.

According to Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, peace in the Middle East will not be created without peace and independence in a Palestinian state that will coexist with Israel through Two State Solution. In addition, Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi also explained that in her bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir, they discussed about radicalism and terrorism as well as increasing the value of trade and investment of the two countries. The two Ministers of Foreign Affairs also discussed various issues that have not yet been realized or Pending Issues, including the cooperation of the Aramco-Pertamina oil company, health, and the sending of health professionals and on the protection of more than 600 thousand Indonesian citizens who are registered working in Saudi Arabia. (VOI/Lalu Viqran Shink Khan/AHM)

Indonesian Defense Minister, Ryamizard Ryacudu after holding a meeting with Indian Defense Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman at the Jakarta Ministry of Defense on Tuesday said Indonesia and India would strengthen the two countries' defense cooperation. Ryamizard Ryacudu said the defense industry was one of the main topics in the meeting. Defense cooperation between Indonesia and India has a legal umbrella in the form of Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) which was signed on January 11, 2011 in Jakarta.

“So I talked about the problem, 1. How to deal with terrorism. 2, natural disasters. 3, maritime problems. 4, defense industry issues. We will work together on defense industry issues because India's ability is quite good at defense industry issues,” said Ryamizard Ryacudu.

The Indonesian Minister of Defense, Ryamizard Ryacudu also said that in the defense industry's strategic cooperation, Indonesia appreciates the initiation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) sent by Indian companies, Bharat Electronic ltd to PT Len Indonesia. India hopes The MoU can be signed at the Indo-Defense which will take place in November 2018 in Jakarta. In principle the Ministry of Defense will continue to support efforts to strengthen the cooperation relationship between the two countries' defense industry. (VOI/Ahmad Faisal/AHM)

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi encourages the creation of global cooperation among countries in the world to face uncertainty in the world's geo-political changes. She said this at the opening of the Jakarta Geo-Political Forum on Wednesday in Jakarta. On the occasion, she said that the Indonesian government believed in the importance of cooperation compared to the dispute between countries. Some of the world challenges that are currently being faced by all countries include the rise of China and the impact of the trade war with the United States and the European Union after the UK's exit from the European Union. According to Retno, in facing these challenges, all countries in the world have no choice but to collaborate between countries.

"And facing all this we have no other alternatives but to collaborate more closely. Once again there is no better option than cooperation among nations. Our new geo-strategic principle for the future should be no longer "secure from" but "secure with". No longer ‘prosper upon' but 'prosper with'. And by having good cooperation, by strengthening global leadership, I'm sure our hope for a better world is very relevant," said Retno Marsudi.

Retno Marsudi further said, that Indonesia as a Non-Permanent Member of the UN Security Council, helped encourage the creation of a culture of dialogue between UN member states and members of the UN Security Council. Indonesia also encourages efforts to strengthen cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations. In the Indo-Pacific cooperation framework, Indonesia also offers open, transparent and inclusive cooperation, which upholds international law.

In addition, Retno said, to deal with protectionism in the movement of the world economy, Indonesia encourages the creation of openness, justice and mutually beneficial economic cooperation between countries in the world. Indonesia even continues to intensify negotiations on various trade agreements with partner countries and new markets including Africa. (VOI/ANDY/TRANS NUKE/AHM)

Governor of the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) Agus Widjojo Wednesday in Jakarta hoped that the Jakarta Geopolitical Forum could encourage efforts to build geopolitical resilience in all regions of the world. He said, the forum which carried the theme Mapping the Future of Geopolitics was also expected to create new breakthroughs in shaping the balance of interests between countries around the world. Agus Widjojo also said that with the aim of encouraging global and regional geopolitical development, the Forum held for the second time is expected to also be able to influence the changing world of governance.

“While the purpose and objective of this forum is a description of global and regional geopolitical developments as well as the impact and influence on changes in the new world order or disorder. Geopolitical recognition, all knowledge of all regions of the world. A balance of interest, rather than a balance of power,” Agus Widjojo said.

The Jakarta Geopolitical Forum is organized by the National Resilience Institute of the Republic of Indonesia. This forum was attended by a number of geopolitical experts, both from within and outside the country. Some points discussed in the one-day forum included political economy, world peace and security and humanitarian issues. Approximately 400 participants attended the forum discussing the future of the geopolitics of the world from various backgrounds including academics, practitioners, bureaucrats, entrepreneurs and politicians. The Jakarta Geopolitical Forum was officially opened by Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi. (VOI/ANDY/AHM)