Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – President Joko Widodo gave a briefing to acting regional heads throughout Indonesia at the State Palace, Jakarta, Monday (30/10/2023). In his briefing, Jokowi conveyed a number of things, starting with the current global situation.
“We all know that the world today is not okay. I often say that the world is now increasingly unclear,” he said.
According to Jokowi, global economic uncertainty is difficult to quantify. The head of state told of the difficulties experienced by the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati.
“Mrs. Minister of Finance, she has flying hours all over the place. But calculating and calculating the global economic situation is really not easy and often unpredictable,” said Jokowi.
The former governor of DKI Jakarta then gave the example of increasing the United States Central Bank’s benchmark interest rate.
“It seems that America is increasing, but all developing countries are affected by everything. Because it happened capital outflow “Everyone came out and was taken back to America,” said Jokowi.
The head of state then talked about climate change, the effects of which are increasingly real. There was a drought in 7 provinces in the country.
Then, continued Jokowi, rice production in several countries was disrupted.
“We want to stop importing now, it’s not as easy as before to find rice, imports are not as easy as before, 22 countries have stopped and reduced exports because they themselves also want to save their people,” said Jokowi.
The former mayor of Solo emphasized that all regional heads must be aware of this situation. The world is not okay.
“I spoke to Indian PM Narendra Modi about rice stocks but he used it himself for reserves and didn’t dare to let go. I’ve talked about not daring to let go,” said Jokowi.
“Those near Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand usually offer the same thing. It’s possible but very limited. This is the situation,” he continued.
Furthermore, Jokowi touched on the wars taking place in Ukraine and Palestine.
“We are already confused about the fact that the war in Ukraine is not yet finished, it is not clear when it will be finished, adding to the Hamas-Israel war,” said Jokowi.
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