PM arrives in Jakarta to begin his first official visit

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JAKARTA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has arrived in Indonesia for his maiden working visit to the country.

Anwar arrived with his wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport via a special aircraft at 1.57pm on Sunday (Jan 8).

He was welcomed by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.

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Anwar's two-day visit is at the invitation of President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi.

Anwar will meet Jokowi at the Presidential Palace in Bogor on Monday (Jan 9), and both leaders will review Malaysian-Indonesian relations, and discuss strategies to tackle regional and global challenges.

This working visit is expected to boost economic collaboration between both countries.

Anwar is expected to attend a ceremony to hand over 11 letters of interest by Malaysian companies to Bambang Susantono, who heads the Nusantara Capital City Authority.

This is a special agency tasked with managing and governing Nusantara city, the future capital of Indonesia.

The Malaysian firms are registering their interest in working closely with Indonesia to develop the city located in Kalimantan.

He will also be meeting an engagement session with the Malaysian diaspora here on Sunday night.

Indonesia is Malaysia's sixth largest global trading partner, and the country's second largest in Asean.