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View all search resultsThe President has kept his knack for inclusive national development intact this time around and has even pushed for a legacy — moving the capital city away from Java — that looks largely irreversible. However, Jokowi still has more to prove in the geopolitical sphere — especially when compared to his immediate predecessor.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed all his ambassadors on Thursday to put a heavy focus on economic diplomacy to increase trade and investment flows and turn around the nation's current account and trade deficit.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has reappointed Retno LP Marsudi as foreign minister for the next five years. To translate Jokowi’s vision and mission into diplomacy and foreign policy, Minister Retno has set a policy line she calls “4 + 1 Priority”.
Economic diplomacy remained the ministry’s number one priority, Retno said as she revealed the direction of Indonesia’s foreign policy for the next five years in her first official press statement after being reappointed last week.
Indonesian Ambassador to the United States Mahendra Siregar has been appointed by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as deputy minister of foreign affairs and tasked with concluding trade negotiations with the US and supporting the palm oil industry.
With her reappointment as foreign minister for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s second term, Retno Marsudi has pledged to expand Indonesia’s economic diplomacy in accordance with Jokowi’s pledge to boost exports and investments.
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