Visited by former British PM Tony Blair, Prabowo felt honored

Prabowo stated that he felt honored by Blair's visit. He revealed that the discussion between himself and Blair was warm and very productive.

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"This was a productive discussion because both parties were able to exchange ideas regarding defense and other global issues," said Prabowo.

Enforcing state security and stability

Meanwhile, Shuhaela Haqim stated that in the meeting, both parties agreed that one key to achieving prosperity and improving the quality of life for the people of Indonesia is through a national transformation strategy that requires the enforcement of state security and stability.

"Furthermore, various strategic efforts are also needed, such as tackling extreme poverty through the provision of nutritious food, empowering local economies, digital transformation, and the application of financial inclusion. All of these are transformative steps towards becoming a developed country."

In addition, various strategic efforts are also needed, such as combating extreme poverty through the provision of nutritious food, empowering the local economy, digital transformation, and implementing financial inclusion. All of these are transformative steps towards becoming a developed country," said Shuhaela.

At the end of the meeting, Blair presented a book of memoirs written by himself, entitled A Journey. The book contains the story of Blair's political journey.

"Carbon storage"

Previously, on Thursday (18/4/2024), Blair had also met with President Jokowi at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. They discussed a number of things, such as logistics flow, carbon storage, and digitalization in the Indonesian Capital City (IKN).

"We talked about how carbon storage which we decided yesterday was 70 (percent) domestic, 30 (percent) overseas."

Meanwhile, President Joko Widodo was accompanied by State Secretary Minister Pratikno, Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia, and State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Azwar Anas in the meeting.

During the press briefing after the meeting, Bahlil revealed that the discussion between President Jokowi and Tony Blair included plans for utilizing carbon storage in Indonesia, which is expected to become a new source of state revenue. This will be managed to provide incentives for industries that enter Indonesia.

"We talked about how carbon storagewhich we decided yesterday was 70 (percent) domestic, 30 (percent) overseas," said Bahlil. In this regard, it was agreed that a small team would be formed to accelerate the realization of this investment.

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On the other hand, Anas said that digital transformation will continue to be accelerated. Tony, during the meeting, convinced that there is no faster way to multiply the achievements of the country and efficient bureaucracy except through digitalization programs.

The team from TBI asked INA Digital as Indonesia's govtech to be launched immediately. Then, TBI will help integrate various service systems.