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Jokowi arrives in Sydney
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The presidential aircraft is seen at Halim Perdanakusuma air base in East Jakarta. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
P
resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo touched down in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday morning local time for a two-day visit aimed at boosting bilateral relations between Indonesia and its southern neighbor.
The President will start his day in Australia with a courtesy call on New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejklian, followed by a meeting with a number of Australian business people.
Later in the evening, Jokowi will have a private dinner with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the latter’s residence.
Jokowi was forced to postpone his visit to Sydney and Canberra in November last year after a major rally by hundreds of thousands of conservative Muslims against the Jakarta governor in the capital turned violent.
The President’s visit to Sydney on Saturday came after a military spat between the two countries over allegations that the Australian military insulted the Indonesian state ideology of Pancasila. Military officials from both countries have said that the spat has been resolved. (ary)
