Indonesian president Joko Widodo was on a working visit to friendly Western European countries from April 20 to 24 , which included stopovers in Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.
During this trip he was accompanied by his foreign minister, Retno Marsudi, who previous to taking this ministerial post served as ambassador of Indonesian to The Netherlands.
Main goal of the visits was to intensify trade relations with the three countries at stake as well as the EU. Economic targets for Indonesia have been the development of technical savoir-faire for harbours, ship building, combating illegal fisheries as well as land reclamation.
Due to the importance of Indonesia to these European countries, President Widodo was received by the heads of state of Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands as well as the President of the European Council during his working visits.
President Widodo was sworn in on 20 October 2014, thereby becoming the seventh, and current President of Indonesia. Indonesian presidents are both, head of state and of government.
For more information:
The Presidency of Indonesia: http://www.presidenri.go.id
Visit to The Netherlands: http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2016/04/13/president-widodo-van-indonesie-brengt-bezoek-aan-nederland
