Beginning on Tuesday ( Nov. 5 ), Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will meet Indonesia’s newly elected president Prabowo Subianto during a two-day introductory visit to Jakarta.
According to a statement released from the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday, Mr. Wong may also join with Indonesia’s Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Speaker of the Women’s Consultative Assembly Ahmad Muzani, and Speaker of the Regional Representative Council Sultan Bachtiar Najamudin.
The visit “reaffirms Singapore’s commitment to strengthening our long-standing connection with Indonesia” and provides a forum for leaders on both sides to exchange ideas on enhancing diplomatic relationships,” the statement continued.
This is one of a number of beginning trips to neighboring Southeast Asian nations that Mr. Wong has made since taking office in May.
The Prime Minister of Singapore traveled to Indonesia next month to witness Mr. Prabowo’s inauguration, who won a overwhelmingly positive vote in February to be Indonesia’s seventh president.