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Two Dutch Embassy Staffs have become victims of speedboat crash in  Sebangau river, Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan on Monday (9/3)  are in stable condition.  It was stated by  Head of Culture and Communication of the Embassy of the Netherlands,Yolande Melsert, in Jakarta on Tuesday (10/3) to Voice of Indonesia.

"Well there are two people involved. And they are stable now. So they are OK. One is properly coming back soon, and the other one has to stay at the hospital for a while. We don’t know exactly at the moment, but we are monitoring this constantly, so they are fine," said Yolande.

The speedboat  accident in which the Presidential Security Forces (Paspampres) personnel and their entourages from the Embassy  of the Netherlands staffs in Jakarta were on board, occured in the Sebangau River, Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on Monday (9/3). The two Dutch Embassy staffs are part of an advanced team that inspected  the places  to prepare for the state visit of the King and Queen of the Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima to a number of places in Palangkaraya on 11th to 13th March 2020. (VOI/AHM/edit r) / TRANS:AF

Jakarta - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana at the Bogor Presidential Palace, on Tuesday, brought along their granddaughter, Sedah Mirah, while welcoming Dutch King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti.

President Jokowi and Iriana shook hands with the King and Queen of the Netherlands after the Dutch Royals got out of the car, while the granddaughter, holding a rose in her hands, waited at the steps of the Palace.

The child handed over the rose to Queen Maxima, who received it enthusiastically. The queen waved out while leaving Sedah Mirah.

After the King signed the state guest book, Sedah Mirah again joined them for a photo session

Mirah, the first child of Jokowi's daughter, Kahiyang Ayu, wore a white kebaya and songket cloth. She interacted with Ratu Maxima several times during the welcome ceremony. King Willem-Alexander, 52, and Queen Maxima, 48, landed in Jakarta for a four-day-long state visit of Indonesia that will take them around the East Asian country.

The visit is expected to reinforce the cultural link between both nations. (ANTARA)

Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Sigrid Kaag, in Jakarta, Monday (9/3/2020) evening. (ANTARA)

Jakarta - The Netherlands is targeting to intensify trade partnership with Indonesia, particularly in sustainable businesses, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag stated.

“The entire theme is smart solutions for a sustainable future. It is all about sustainable, inclusive development,” she told ANTARA in Jakarta, Monday evening, after welcoming 180 delegates of the Dutch economic mission held parallel to the State Visit of The King and Queen of the Netherlands.

Some 180 participants, representing 130 Dutch companies and knowledge institutions, are scheduled to participate in a series of trade-related activities, such as seminars, field visits, and networking events with Indonesian counterparts in the mission led by several high-ranking officials, including Kaag.

“We are looking forward to building even deeper partnerships and collaborative platforms with Indonesia, both government-to-government and also business-to business,” she revealed.

Kaag explained that the mission during this visit bears the theme ‘Smart Solutions for a Sustainable Future’ under which the Netherlands seeks to establish more sustainable businesses with regard to the environment, specifically in the fields of agriculture and food; life sciences and health; maritime and integrated coastal zone, and water management; waste management – circular economy and water technology; and aviation.

Several partnership documents are expected to be inked by the two countries during the visit conducted on March 9-13.

“It is all about sustainable, inclusive development, and all the MoUs and potential business contracts will be anchored around those themes,” Kaag expounded.

Steering clear from divulging details on the number of partnership documents due to be inked in the visit, she said that the number “is quite significant”.

She highlighted that sustainability had become the priority in forging novel partnerships or continuing longstanding cooperation. “We have to think, act, and invest in a sustainable manner. It is the only way, if we think about the wellbeing of the people and the planet,” she reiterated.

The visit of the Dutch economic mission is held parallel to the State Visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima to Indonesia. Apart from Kaag, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Minister of State Sybilla Dekker, and Vice Minister of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality Jan Kees Goet also led the delegations. (ANTARA)

Jakarta (VOI News) – Nineteen people have been positively infected with corona virus. In response to this case,  President Joko Widodo asked Indonesian people to keep calm in facing corona virus transmission in Indonesia. It was stated by Indonesian special spokesperson for Corona, Achmad Yurianto, at presidential office in Jakarta on Monday.  

“I just got direction again from the president that people are asked to keep calm because the  tendency of the disease  nowadays clinically is not as we imagined  like in Wuhan.  We have reported about positive cases in the hospital.  All are independently self-reliant in servicing their own needs.  No one uses oxygen. Then,  no one  uses an infusion and they can take care by themselves,” said President Joko Widodo.

Moreover, Achmad Yurianto also explained the latest data recorded that there are 13 patients infected corona which eventualy increases to 19 cases in Indonesia.  He also said they are all in stable condition. Besides being infected from overseas traveling,  the cases also come from the investigation of case cluster 1 and sub cluster 3 which was also infected from the  case 1. They are now in isolated rooms at hospitals in Jakarta and outside Jakarta. Therefore, Indonesian government  does not reveal the isolated places  for the victims infected from Corona virus. (KBRN/DIPTA/EDT R/TRANS:AF/Edited by Eliswan).