President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo arrived in Jakarta on Friday morning, expressing satisfaction that Indonesia's message had been conveyed and welcomed during his US visit.

Jokowi and the Indonesian delegation arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport at 9:23 a.m. on Friday after a 22-hour flight from the US to attend the US-ASEAN Summit and visit Silicon Valley, home of start-ups and technology companies. Vice President Jusuf Kalla and several top officials welcomed Jokowi at the airport.

Speaking in a press conference after arriving, Jokowi pointed to two important messages he had delivered during his visit.

"From the beginning, we wanted to stress that the outcome of the summit should be beneficial for peace and prosperity, for Indonesia, ASEAN and for the world," he told journalists at the VVIP Lounge of the airport.

He also pointed out that he had expressed the importance of small and medium enterprise development for economic openness in the digital technology era.

Besides attending the summit along with US President Barack Obama and ASEAN leaders, Jokowi and his delegation also visited  Silicon Valley.

In his visits to the headquarters of Facebook, Google, Plug and Play and Twitter, Jokowi invited the technology giants to spread a peaceful message against radicalism through their social media platforms.

 "I invited the social media industry to join me in spreading the values '€‹'€‹of tolerance, moderation and peace," he said, adding that the companies were excited to help the initiative, dubbed 'Empowering Leaders of Peace'.

The chief executive officers of the aforementioned companies also showed their support for the development of Indonesia's digital economy.

Indonesia has a vision of digital economy that will have 1,000 technopreneurs and potential value of $130 billion by 2020. (rin)(+)

Popular

Is Indonesia really ready to embrace dual citizenship?

Palm oil plantation-less mills lead to increase deforestation

Prabowo inaugurates construction of Majapahit palace replica