Official welcome: Jokowi and his wife Iriana inspecting the guard-of-honour upon arriving at the Bunga Raya Complex, KLIA. — Bernama
SEPANG: Indonesian President Joko Widodo is in Malaysia for a two-day working visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim following the official visit of the Malaysian leader to the republic in January.
The special aircraft carrying Joko, better known as Jokowi, and his wife Iriana Joko Widodo, as well as a delegation, landed at Bunga Raya Complex, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here at about 3.40pm yesterday, Bernama reported.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir was on hand to receive Jokowi at the airport with the Indonesian ambassador to Malaysia, Hermono.
Jokowi later inspected a guard-of-honour mounted by 28 officers and personnel of the first battalion of the Royal Ranger Regiment, led by Kapt Mohd Nor Zhafran Al-Ahmad.
The president is scheduled to meet Anwar at Seri Perdana in Putrajaya today, apart from attending a banquet with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at Istana Negara.
Jokowi and Anwar are also expected to witness the exchange of several agreements signed by the respective ministry and agency representatives from both countries.
The Indonesian president last visited Malaysia in 2019 after being elected for the second term in the presidential election on April 17.
In 2022, Indonesia was the sixth largest trading partner of Malaysia and the second largest in Asean, with a total trade of RM130.14bil (US$29.55bil), an increase of 36.5% compared to RM95.31bil (US$22.98bil) in 2021.
Speaking to reporters when met at Parliament yesterday, Zambry said a series of discussions involving several memoranda of understanding between Malaysia and Indonesia would be signed during the working visit.
“They also include discussing our land and sea border areas as well as our relationship on the easing of trade and strengthening of bilateral ties,” he added.
