Holiday Ayo - The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, welcomed the arrival of the President of Turkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mrs. Emine Erdogan at the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, Jakarta, on Tuesday, February 11 2025. 

Prabowo admitted that he should have made a state visit to Turkiye first. 

“Today it is a great honor for us to receive Your Excellency's visit to Indonesia. I should have been the first to come on an official visit to Turkiye because President Erdogan is senior in terms of service, a senior President. But I am grateful for Your Excellency's arrival," said Prabowo, Wednesday (12/2). 

Prabowo said that this bilateral meeting was also a commemoration of 75 years of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Turkiye.

According to him, the two countries are close enough that they have a deep inner relationship.

"This year is the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Turkiye. Moreover, relations between Indonesia and Turkiye have been around for quite a long time since the time of the Ottoman Empire, so the inner relationship between us is quite deep," said Prabowo.

For your information, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on a state visit to Indonesia on February 11-12.

Erdogan paid a state visit at the Bogor Presidential Palace today. During his visit, Erdogan held a tete-a-tete meeting with Prabowo.

The two of them then held a bilateral meeting which was attended by delegations from ministers from both countries.