Jakarta (ANTARA) - Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi confirmed that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had departed for Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to meet the UAE Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

"The president will leave Abu Dhabi for Dubai by land for various activities," Minister Marsudi noted on Wednesday.

President Jokowi and his entourage departed for Dubai by land at around 10:20 a.m. local time from the hotel where they spent the night in Abu Dhabi.

At the meeting between Jokowi and Al Maktoum, both leaders will witness the exchange of business-to-business and government-to-government cooperation agreements, Marsudi stated.

"There will be 10 agreements in the government-to-government sector, including in the investment promotion, taxation, cooperation between central banks, mutual recognition of vaccines and digital footholds to facilitate mobility, tourism, crew ship training and certification, education and training for diplomats, and mangrove forest management," Minister Marsudi elaborated.

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After meeting with Al Maktoum, President Jokowi is scheduled to attend a business forum meeting with businessmen and investors from the United Arab Emirates, which will be led directly by Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board Bahlil Lahadalia.

"A brief meeting will also be held with investors from the United States and will be led by the minister of investment as well," she remarked.

Concluding the work visit in Dubai, President Jokowi will visit the Indonesian Pavilion at the 2020 Dubai Expo. After the last agenda, the president and his entourage will head directly to the Al Maktoum International Airport to return to Indonesia.

"Mr. President and his entourage, by God's will, will return to Indonesia and arrive on November 5," Marsudi added.


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