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        "id": 1682326,
        "msgid": "army-chief-meets-prabowo-reports-on-bridge-construction-1776354646",
        "date": "2026-04-16 22:15:00",
        "title": "Army Chief Meets Prabowo, Reports on Bridge Construction",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "Army Chief General Maruli Simanjuntak met with President Prabowo Subianto to report on the Indonesian Army's progress in strategic tasks, including the completion of 300 pioneering suspension bridges across the country and the renovation of 300 schools in three disaster-affected provinces in Sumatra, along with installing 300 clean water bore points. In a separate meeting, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia announced that Russia will supply crude oil to Indonesia and collaborate on energy infrastructure development, following his recent negotiations in Moscow. These initiatives highlight the government's focus on enhancing rural infrastructure and securing international energy partnerships to bolster national development.",
        "content": "<p>The Chief of Staff of the Indonesian National Army (KSAD) General\nMaruli Simanjuntak, along with his subordinates, met with President\nPrabowo Subianto at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. During the\nmeeting held on Thursday, 16 April 2026, Maruli reported on the progress\nof bridge construction projects up to school renovations.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was conveyed by Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya\nthrough a written statement. \u201cPresident Prabowo Subianto received KSAD\nGeneral TNI Maruli Simanjuntak along with the main officials of the\nIndonesian Army at Merdeka Palace,\u201d Teddy said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>In the meeting, Maruli reported on the development of the\nimplementation of strategic tasks carried out by the Indonesian Army.\nAccording to Teddy, the Indonesian Army is collaborating with the\nMinistry of Public Works to promptly complete all forms of public\nfacilities in villages to remote areas.<\/p>\n<p>One of the project reports related to bridge construction in the\ncountry. \u201cIn the last three months, the Indonesian Army has completed\nthe construction of 300 pioneering suspension bridges scattered\nthroughout Indonesia,\u201d Teddy stated.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, in the last three months, the Indonesian Army has\ncompleted the renovation of 300 schools in three provinces affected by\ndisasters in Sumatra. \u201cIncluding the construction of 300 clean water\nbore points at those schools,\u201d Teddy said.<\/p>\n<p>Not only with the Indonesian Army ranks, Prabowo held several other\nmeetings at the Presidential Palace today. Prabowo met with the Minister\nof Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia to discuss energy\ncooperation with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>After meeting Prabowo, Bahlil announced that Russia will supply oil\nto Indonesia. In addition, according to Bahlil, Russia also expressed\nreadiness to cooperate in building energy infrastructure in the\ncountry.<\/p>\n<p>The General Chairman of the Golkar Party conveyed that these steps\nare the result of his meeting with the Russian Minister of Energy and\nthe special envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow a few\ndays ago. The meeting took place after President Prabowo Subianto met\nPutin in the Russian capital.<\/p>\n<p>Bahlil then reported the results of his negotiations to Prabowo at\nthe Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Thursday, 16 April 2026.\n\u201cAlhamdulillah, the news is quite encouraging, that we will receive a\nsupply of crude oil (raw oil) from Russia,\u201d Bahlil said after the\nmeeting with the Head of State.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/army-chief-meets-prabowo-reports-on-bridge-construction-1776354646",
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