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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on October 29 to discuss issues of shared concern.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi is paying an official visit to China during which she is set to have talks with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the bilateral relations, anti-pandemic cooperation, and other issues.

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised the fragility of conflict-ridden countries and even risk them to fall back into crisis, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi told a UN Security Council debate on August 13.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s Secretariat held a virtual ceremony on August 8 to mark the bloc’s 53rd founding anniversary under the theme “ASEAN 53: A Cohesive Journey to Recovery”.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has said ASEAN is facing increasingly intense challenges, on the occasion of the 53rd founding anniversary of the bloc.

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi discussed bilateral defence ties and regional tensions over China’s claim that it owns most of the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam), the US Department of State said in a readout of the conversation on August 3.

Indonesia is aiming to set up travel corridors with China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to help recover business activities which are seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indonesia has expressed concern over escalating tensions in the East Sea and urged China to obey international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), to settle disputes.

Southeast Asia reported new 35,000 COVID-19 infections and 1,271 deaths on April 23, with Singapore being the largest regional hotbed.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on April 16 that her country is cooperating with the Republic of Korea and Japan in producing medical equipment to help prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will attend the ASEAN Special Summit and the ASEAN+3 Special Summit on COVID-19 Response will be held online on April 14 under the chair of Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The Indonesian Government has decided to ban all arrivals and transits of foreign nationals into the country to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, a minister said on March 31.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi engaged with her Malaysian counterpart Hishammuddin Hussein through a video conference on March 20, discussing the need for the two neighboring countries to maintain close collaboration amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has had discussions with Iranian Ambassador to Indonesia Mohammad Azad and US Ambassador to Indonesia Joseph R. Donovan Jr. amid the flare-up in tensions between the two nations, Antara News reported.

Various activities are taking place in Indonesia to mark the 60th anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to Indonesia from February 27 to March 8, 1959, and the visit to Vietnam by Indonesian late President Sukarno from June 24 to 29 the same year.

The Indonesian government has launched the Indonesian Agency for International Development (AID), a fund to help reduce poverty and social inequality around the world.

Vietnamese delegates are joining those from ASEAN member nations, and countries in Asia Pacific at the Regional Conference on Digital Diplomacy (RCDD) in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 10-11.

Three Vietnamese were among 72 young people from 40 countries that performed in the cultural show “Indonesia Channel 2019” in Bangyuwangi city, Indonesia, on August 13.

Indonesia and the Republic of Korea (RoK) agreed to tighten their partnerships in defence and other sectors during the third joint committee’s meeting between the two foreign ministries in Jakarta on April 8.

The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an international press conference in Jakarta on January 9 to review its work in the past time and announce diplomatic priorities for 2019.