Foreign Minister Sugiono will immediately fly to Russia to attend the BRICS summit

Jakarta –

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia) Sugiono he will attend the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, which will be held on October 22-24. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Arif Havas Oegroseno.

“Yes, he (Foreign Minister Sugiono) has a conference if I’m not mistaken. The Foreign Minister will go to Kazan,” Arif told reporters at the office of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Monday (21/ 10). /2024).

The plan is for Foreign Minister Sugiono to be accompanied by Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of Multilateral Cooperation Tri Tharyat.

Reported by Antara, Indonesia’s Foreign Minister for the period 2014-2024 Retno Marsudi said that Indonesian representatives to attend the BRICS Conference will be decided by President Prabowo Subianto.

“The BRICS plan will have a special envoy from President Subianto present,” said Retno when he was giving a statement on the sidelines of the 45th ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos, on Friday (11/10).

Prabowo should have been invited to attend the BRICS Summit, but Prabowo failed to attend due to the need to handle the transition of the government after his inauguration as the President of the Republic of Indonesia with Gibran Rakabuming Raka as Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia on October 20.

In addition, Indonesia’s decision to join BRICS rests with Prabowo’s government. “But we still involve the president-elect in terms of BRICS issues,” Retno said on September 5.

At that time, Retno admitted that she had communicated with Prabowo Subianto regarding BRICS when they were recently announced as the winners of the 2024 presidential election.

Retno said that Indonesia itself was previously invited to join BRICS when the 15th BRICS Summit was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 22 to 24 August 2023.

However, Indonesia’s decision to become a member of BRICS depends on an assessment of the economic benefits of joining the economic bloc.

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