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Jokowi arrives in Kenya for bilateral talks
Jokowi landed in Nairobi after an eight-hour trip from Kuala Namu International Airport in North Sumatra aboard a presidential aircraft.
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President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo, joined by Coordinating Minister for Investment and Maritime Affairs Luhut Panjaitan (left) and First Lady Iriana, speaks in a press briefing on the tarmac of the Halim Perdanakusumah Airport on May 19, 2023. (The Jakarta Post/Presidential Secretariat)
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resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo arrived late on Sunday in Kenya for a state visit as part of his African sojourn where he is also scheduled to attend the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jokowi landed in Nairobi after an eight-hour trip from Kuala Namu International Airport in North Sumatra aboard a presidential aircraft.
Welcoming Jokowi at the airport were Kenyan Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua and Kenyan Energy Minister Salim Mvurya.
Jokowi is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with his counterpart President William Ruto on Monday.
Jokowi is on his African trip during which he is also scheduled to travel to South Africa to attend the BRICS Summit amid speculation that the country could join the group as its latest member.
The meeting, which brings together major emerging economies countries led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, will be held for three days starting on Tuesday.
"Indonesia has been invited to the BRICS Summit and of course in between the BRICS Summit there will be meetings with other world leaders," Jokowi told reporters ahead of his departure.
The trip is Jokowi's first to Africa as leader of Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
He said earlier in the week that his government had not decided whether or not Indonesia would join BRICS.
