President Prabowo Summons Minister Brian Yuliarto to Palace

President Prabowo Subianto summoned Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Brian Yuliarto and Minister of Investment and Downstreaming/Head of BKPM Rosan Roeslani to the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Monday (22/6). Rosan arrived at the Presidential Palace around 1:20 p.m. Western Indonesia Time. He came in a hurry and did not provide an explanation regarding his meeting with President Prabowo. “Apologies, I am already a bit late,” Rosan said briefly to journalists. Meanwhile, Minister Brian said he was present at the Presidential Palace to accompany a professor from Imperial College, London, England. “I am accompanying a professor from Imperial College regarding cooperation between Indonesia and Imperial College,” he said. Brian stated that the cooperation between Imperial College and Indonesia would relate to the field of education. Separately, President Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo and his staff had earlier arrived at the Presidential Palace around 12:00 p.m. Western Indonesia Time to report to President Prabowo regarding the rolling blackouts occurring on Java Island. Previously, British Ambassador to Indonesia Dominic Jermey expressed hope that campuses belonging to the Russell Group could soon be present in Jakarta to expand access for Indonesia’s young generation to world-class higher education. The hope was conveyed by Jermey on the sidelines of the King’s Birthday Party event in Jakarta on Wednesday evening (10/6). According to him, the Indonesian government’s support for the plan is a positive signal for strengthening educational cooperation between the two countries. “The President (Prabowo) also supports the establishment of a Russell Group campus, which is an elite British university campus, in Jakarta, and I hope the campus will be opened soon,” said Ambassador Jermey. The Russell Group is an association representing 24 leading research universities in the UK, including the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and Imperial College London. Jermey explained that several British universities have already opened educational programmes in Indonesia, including King’s College London in Malang, East Java, as well as Lancaster University and Deakin University in Bandung, West Java. According to him, the presence of these educational institutions opens wider opportunities for Indonesian students to obtain an international standard education without having to leave the country.