Jokowi’s hopes for Japan: Jakarta Post

Jokowi (right) speaking as Kishida watches during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Bogor on April 29. - AFP/Presidential Palace This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "Jokowi’s hopes for Japan". Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2022/05/04/jokowis-hopes-for-japan.html.

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): It is widely known among foreign envoys in Jakarta that President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo’s foreign policies are based on down-to-earth purposes and pragmatism.

It was practically only in November 2021, when Indonesia was getting closer to holding the Group of 20 presidency, that Jokowi took command of diplomatic activities, such as boycotting Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing at all Asean functions for his blatant refusal to implement the five-point consensus he promised to respect during the Asean emergency summit in April last year.