JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto will depart for Russia on Sunday (Apr 12) for talks with counterpart Vladimir Putin on oil, Prabowo’s workplace mentioned.
The presidency in Jakarta confirmed to AFP that Prabowo would depart on Sunday night.
Overseas Minister Sugiono mentioned on Saturday that oil, which is “of strategic significance for the Indonesian nation”, could be on the agenda.
“He’ll meet with President Putin and also will focus on international geopolitics and, actually, the vitality scenario,” mentioned Sugiono, who like many Indonesians has just one title.
Prabowo, who not too long ago travelled to South Korea and Japan, has defended his overseas travels.
“Brothers and sisters, it is to safe oil, I’ve to go in every single place,” he mentioned in an tackle to his cupboard final week.
Like many countries, Indonesia has come underneath strain from hovering international oil costs over the warfare within the Center East.
Southeast Asia’s largest economic system, the place gas is closely subsidised, is an oil producer however however a internet importer.
Final month, Prabowo’s authorities introduced gas rationing and mandated a day-per-week work-from-home coverage for civil servants to preserve vitality shares.
