Indonesian President Joko Widodo, popularly often known as Jokowi, was granted an viewers with Malaysia’s Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, at Istana Negara. Jokowi and his wife Iriana arrived at three.35pm to attend a night reception with the King, spending roughly an hour on the palace. The Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, the Regent of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah, Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir, and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi were additionally in attendance.
Earlier in the day, Jokowi held a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at Seri Perdana in Putrajaya. They witnessed the change of a number of agreements signed by representatives of related ministries and agencies from each nations and visited areas across the administrative centre. Jokowi’s go to to Malaysia came at the invitation of Anwar, following the Prime Minister’s official visit to Indonesia in January.
In August 2019, Jokowi made an official visit to Malaysia after being reappointed for a second time period in Indonesia’s Presidential Election on April 17, 2019. In Steps , Indonesia was Malaysia’s sixth-largest buying and selling partner and the second-largest throughout the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with a commerce quantity of RM130.14 billion (US$31.three billion). This marked an increase of 36.5% in comparison with the earlier year’s RM95.31 billion (US$22.9 billion)..