Prabowo Returns to Russia to Meet Putin, Foreign Minister: Highly Strategic for the Nation
President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to return to Moscow, Russia, this week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Foreign Minister Sugiono, who will accompany President Prabowo to Moscow, explained that this visit is strategic for Indonesia’s national interests.
“The departure (of the President) is this week. […] This is something that is highly strategic for the Indonesian nation. He will meet President Putin,” said Foreign Minister Sugiono in response to reporters’ questions after attending the opening of the National Deliberation of the PB IPSI in Jakarta on Saturday.
However, Sugiono did not specify the exact departure date for the President, whether Saturday night or Sunday (12/4).
On the same occasion, Sugiono explained that in his meeting with President Putin, President Prabowo will discuss current geopolitical issues, as well as issues related to energy.
“What is certain is discussing the energy situation,” said Sugiono.
President Prabowo’s visit to Russia will be his third after the second visit to Moscow on 10 December 2025, and the first visit to Saint Petersburg on 18–20 June 2025.
As president-elect, President Prabowo also met President Putin in Moscow in July 2024.
In the first and second presidential visits, cooperation between the two countries in the energy sector was highlighted.
Indonesia and Russia agreed at that time to cooperate in the field of new and renewable energy, as well as the development of nuclear technology.
President Putin expressed his country’s readiness to cooperate with Indonesia in the field of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
In recent months, especially after the war broke out in the Gulf region countries and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz disrupting global crude oil distribution, President Prabowo visited several countries, namely Japan and South Korea, to anticipate the impact of the global oil crisis threat on Indonesia.
“Some say Prabowo is travelling abroad, likes travelling abroad. Brothers and sisters, to secure oil, I have to go everywhere,” said President Prabowo at the Government Working Meeting at the Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday (8/4).
The President emphasised that amid the volatile global geopolitical situation, the government needs to actively establish communication and cooperation with various countries to maintain national economic stability, particularly in the energy sector.
In the same meeting, the President stated that he would return abroad to carry out a similar mission.
“I’m going to depart again to a certain country. Once I depart, you’ll know where. To secure (oil) as well,” said President Prabowo, signalling his visit agenda to Russia during the meeting with ministers and echelon I officials.