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Indonesia pulls out all the stops ahead of G20 Summit
Bali’s Nusa Dua hotel enclave has been transformed into ground zero of Indonesia’s G20 presidency activities, with beefed-up security and a fleet of electric vehicles servicing thousands of participants.
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A hawker cooks up meatball soup beside police armored vehicles parked near the venue of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali on Nov. 12. (AFP/Dicky Bisinglasi)
Indonesia has not left anything to chance in preparation for the Group of 20 Leaders’ Summit this week, having doubled down security in Bali despite hopes that tensions among member countries would ease following the confirmed absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Final preparations are underway on the Island of the Gods to facilitate a convening of leaders from the world’s biggest economies, in search of solutions to global crises that have been complicated by the polarizing war in Ukraine.
The swanky Nusa Dua hotel enclave in Bali’s southeast has been transformed into ground zero of Indonesia’s G20 presidency activities, with beefed-up security on land and in the surrounding waters, while a fleet of electric vehicles have been deployed to service thousands of delegates, journalists and businesspeople taking part in the events.
“From Bali, we want to invite the world to recover together, to rise stronger by working together and to bring peace to the global community,” Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, who oversees operations, told the press on Saturday.
“Bali radiates an aura of friendship and peace; I believe it will permeate the hearts of all the leaders who come here.”
This year, Indonesia holds the rotating presidency of the G20, which culminates in a meeting of the world’s most-powerful figures on Nov. 15-16 at The Apurva Kempinski Bali, situated on the lush grounds that have been used to host major international conferences such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meeting in 2018.
The National Police and the Indonesian Military (TNI) have teamed up to deploy over 24,000 security personnel who have been trained to anticipate a range of situations from terrorist threats to natural disasters and violent protests.
