@bill_hayton@David_Cameron@FCDOGovUK And one of the rare working democracy in the region, with oil&gas reserves, strategically located... and nice coffee
Mr. Joko runs his administration like a business. In his first year, he told civil servants to focus on “down to earth” diplomacy, instructing them to increase investments and exports. Diplomats were told to conduct trade fairs and bring in more tourists. https://t.co/ku1bIocA3v
The recovery in the APac region is slower because China has yet to lift its travel restrictions. The impact is not too significant on Indonesia, because [Indonesia] can still depend on domestic flights when [demand for] international flights is low https://t.co/4JrVeF5Swb
Is it me or do these figures look relatively less-than-substantial compared to scale of challenges? 🤔👇🏻
“The new initiatives include $60mn for maritime co-operation, and the US will also deploy a coast guard ship to the region to enhance security co-operation.”
Anyone banking on 🇮🇩🇮🇳 to somehow join hands to counter 🇨🇳 together, for example, should really temper their expectations if we look at 🇮🇩 public views 👇🏻
Source: https://t.co/tAxkoZsSKW
"The new capital’s remoteness from the daily concerns of Indonesians will affect the extent to which 2024 presidential candidates can sell the project to voters. [...] candidates are likely to campaign on platforms that can materially benefit the lives of voters"
The Indonesian government still favours a court supervised debt restructuring process for flag carrier Garuda Indonesia while opening the possibility of getting new investors into the company, a deputy cabinet minister said on Tuesday. https://t.co/IndHjqcV9x
🇮🇩🇦🇺 “… will be forever bound together by geography. But with deeply divergent views on how to manage the Indo-Pacific’s new power politics, there’s the ongoing risk of this geographically close relationship becoming strategically estranged.” https://t.co/KxVHR25xKL