Visit of Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean to Jakarta, Indonesia, 28 February to 2 March 2023

Senior Minister (SM) and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean is on a working visit to Jakarta, Indonesia, from 28 February to 2 March 2023.

During the visit, SM Teo met Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan. The two Ministers took stock of the good progress in many areas of bilateral cooperation since their last meeting, including the ratification of all three agreements under the Expanded Framework between Singapore and Indonesia, and discussed how to take our cooperation forward in new priority areas such as the green economy.

SM Teo also had separate meetings with Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, and Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto. In these meetings, SM Teo reaffirmed the close and multifaceted nature of our longstanding bilateral partnership, which spans many sectors including the economic, defence and people-to-people sectors. The Ministers discussed new opportunities for collaboration between our two countries on forward-looking areas, such as the digital economy, sustainable development, and human resource development. They also had a wide-ranging discussion on regional and international developments.

While in Jakarta, SM Teo also met former President of Indonesia Megawati Soekarnoputri, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council Wiranto, and Presidential Special Envoy for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security Cooperation Muhammad Mardiono. They reaffirmed the longstanding friendship between our two countries and discussed developments in Indonesia and the region.

SM Teo returns to Singapore today.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

2 MARCH 2023

Photo Caption: Meeting between Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean and Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan, 2 March 2023

Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore