After arriving in Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta city on Wednesday afternoon at 12.40 p.m. local time (Western Indonesian Standard Time), King Salman and his entourage headed to Bogor Presidential Palace.
In the first agenda, the king was welcomed with a state ceremony accompanied by cavalry, troops of the Indonesian archipelago, and the Presidential Security Guards at Bogor Palace.
A number of Indonesian students also held an art parade and a reception to welcome the king and his entourage.
In the second agenda, he will be greeted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in a ceremonial reception at the Bagungan Induk Building of Bogor Palace.
Later, Jokowi will invite the king to get around the palace using the golf cart.
The king and 16 princes will participate in a tree-planting event and have a photo session in the complex of the palace later.
Next, King Salman and Jokowi will have talks in the palace veranda.
In the sixth agenda, Jokowi and the king will have lunch, which would be followed by a bilateral meeting between the two countries.
Afterward, they will oversee the signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) at Teratai room in the palace.
Jokowi will also bestow a service medal to the king in the ninth agenda.
Thereafter, he and his entourage will head to Raffles Hotel in South Jakarta for a private dinner.
King Salman is on a visit to Indonesia from Mar 1 to 9.
In the first four days, the king and his entourage are scheduled to visit Jakarta and Bogor, following which they will depart for Bali on March 4 for a five-day scheduled stay.
Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung had earlier stated that the kings visit will feature discussions centered on five cooperation agreements, including art and cultural promotions, exchange of issues covering pilgrimage safety, the promotion of modern Islam through "dakwah" and ulema exchange, increase in the number of flights from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, and the eradication of cross-border crimes.
Discussions on economic issues will also include the construction of an oil refinery in Cilacap as a result of the cooperation between Pertamina and a Saudi Arabian oil company, with an investment value of US$6 million.
Reported by Hanni Sofia Soepardi
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