Egyptian President al-Sisi to Hold Bilateral Talks and Sign MoUs with Indonesia's Prabowo

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Jakarta on Saturday, where Coordinating Minister Dudung Abdurachman and Foreign Affairs Minister Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir greeted him with a guard of honor and flag-waving students. The state visit, his first to Indonesia since 2015, features a tête-à-tête with President Prabowo Subianto at Merdeka Palace on Sunday at 10:30 WIB, followed by a bilateral meeting and the signing of multiple memoranda on visa issues, statistical cooperation, fisheries and an action plan to deepen strategic ties. The ceremony will include a motorcade passing Monas Square, escorted by the Presidential Security Force and its mounted cavalry, after the Egyptian aircraft was met by four Sukhoi fighters and two Indonesian F-16s. This trip caps al-Sisi’s Asian tour, which also included visits to South Korea and Malaysia, and he is expected to depart for Egypt later Sunday.