Question: Name the President of Indonesia who was recently on a state visit to India.
(a) Joko Widodo
(b) Megawati Sukarnoputri
(c) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
(d) None of the Above
Ans:(a)
Related facts:
- On 12-13 December 2016: the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo was on a state visit to India.
- This was the first bilateral visit to India by President Joko Widodo.
- On 12 December 2016 President Joko Widodo held a meeting with President of the Republic of India, Pranab Mukherjee.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joko Widodo held extensive talks on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest.
- It shoulfd be known that Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari, who had visited Indonesia in November 2015, called on the President of Indonesia.
- India and Indonesia have shared two millennia of close cultural and commercial contacts.
- The Hindu, Buddhist and later Muslim faith travelled to Indonesia from the shores of India.
- During the State Visit of President Mr S. B. Yudhoyono to India in 2005, the two countries signed a Joint Declaration on Establishing a Strategic Partnership.
- In January 2011, President Yudhoyono visited India as the Chief Guest on the occasion of India’s Republic Day
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh visited Indonesia on 10-12 October 2013. - There are around 100,000 Indonesians of Indian origin in Indonesia mostly concentrated in Greater Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya and Bandung.
- They are mainly engaged in trade dealing in textiles and sports goods.
- There are around 10,000 Indian nationals living in Indonesia including engineers, consultants, chartered accountants, bankers and other professionals.
- Recently India and Indonesia have signed three agreements in various areas to enhance strategic partnership.
- These agreements were signed after delegation level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting President of Indonesia Joko Widodo in New Delhi.
1. MoU on Youth and Sports Cooperation.
2. MoU on Standardization Cooperation.
3. Joint Communiqué on Voluntary International Cooperation to Combat Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported - (IUU) Fishing and to promote Sustainable Fisheries Governance.
- Besides, both countries decided to strengthen their defence and maritime security relations and resolved to effectively address the issue of terrorism.
- Prime Minister Modi congratulated President Widodo on Indonesia’s able leadership as Chair of the IORA and the convening of the First IORA Summit next year.
- The two Leaders agreed to follow up on the discussions that they have had, and to carry forward the bilateral relations with meetings of the following mechanisms within the first half of 2017:
i). The Ministerial level Joint Commission
ii). The Defence Ministers’ Dialogue and the Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC)
iii). Biennial Trade Ministers’ Forum (BTMF)
iv). Convening of the meeting of the Energy Forum to develop a road map for energy cooperation
v). Establishment of a security dialogue in order to develop a comprehensive action plan on security cooperation.
Reference:
http://www.mea.gov.in/incoming-visit-detail.htm?27790/State+visit+of+President+of+Indonesia+to+India+December+1213+2016
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=155284
http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Indonesia_13_01_2016.pdf