Prabowo Holds Five Meetings in Hambalang, Discusses the Middle East and Eid al-Fitr Homecoming
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - President Prabowo Subianto held five separate meetings with ministers from the Kabinet Merah Putih at his Hambalang residence in Bogor, West Java, on Sunday, 8 March 2026. The meetings ran from midday through to the night.
Attending included Higher Education, Science, Technology and Research Minister Brian Yuliarto; Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin; Deputy Defence Minister Donny Ermawan; Defence University Rector Anton Nugroho; and PT Pindad President Director Sigit Santosa.
In several of the meetings, Prabowo requested updates on a number of strategic issues both domestic and international, including:
The progress of ten new campuses related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and medical education.
The development of several state universities to improve their global rankings and to broaden cooperation with leading universities worldwide.
Developments in the Middle East.
Developments regarding Palestinian students educated at the Defence University.
“Since becoming Defence Minister in 2022, President Prabowo has invited 20–40 Palestinian children to study in Indonesia, and this has grown to nearly 200 students to date,” wrote the official Instagram account of the Cabinet Secretariat.
- Security readiness and the smooth running of Eid al-Fitr homecoming as ten days remain before the holiday.