Maruarar Highlights Prabowo’s Emphasis on Unity and Good Relations Between Countries

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Housing and Settlements Minister Maruarar Sirait expressed gratitude for the second year of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s administration after a Cabinet meeting at the Bogor Palace in West Java on Friday evening.

“Grateful for these two years, yes, and the President has built a sense of unity,” Maruarar said as he spoke to reporters from inside his car.

He said the unity fostered by President Prabowo and Indonesia’s good relations with various countries were important features of the Prabowo-Gibran administration.

Maruarar also said Indonesia’s relations with Russia, the United States, China and countries in the Middle East were going well, in keeping with its independent and active foreign policy.

“Secondly, there are good things that have been done with Russia, concrete ones. Friendship with Russia is going well, in accordance with our independent and active policy. Relations with Russia, the United States, China and Middle Eastern countries are all going well,” he said.

Several officials seen attending included Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Maman Abdurrahman and Minister of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Arifatul Choiri Fauzi.

Also present were Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak; Deputy Minister of Public Works Diana Kusumastuti; Deputy Minister of Creative Economy Irene Umar; Deputy Minister of Manpower Ferry Noor; Deputy Minister of Health Benjamin Paulus Octavianus; and Deputy Minister of Defence Yusuf Jauhari.

Other officials seen attending included Deputy Minister of Housing and Settlements Fahri Hamzah, Presidential Special Envoy for Youth Development and Arts Workers Raffi Ahmad, and Air Force Chief of Staff Air Chief Marshal M. Tonny Harjono.