Indonesian Students Welcome President Prabowo's Arrival in Malaysia

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian people and students in enthusiastically welcomed President Subianto at the hotel during his visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday, January 27, 2025. Indonesian people and students had been waiting since morning to welcome Prabowo.

President Prabowo arrived at the hotel at around 07:00 local time. Four Indonesian children wearing traditional clothes greeted him enthusiastically while saying, "Welcome Mr. President to Kuala Lumpur".

President Prabowo returned their greetings with a smile. "Thank you, thank you all. You are all very brave. Thank you for picking me up early in the morning," said Prabowo as quoted from the official statement of the Press, Media, and Information Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat.

The enthusiasm of the students was seen when some had been waiting since morning. Junior high and high school students named Fadil and Ziva had been at the location since 05:00 am.

"We've been here since 5 o'clock, to meet Mr. Prabowo, to welcome his presence," said Fadil.

Meanwhile, Ziva, who was standing a bit away from the main crowd, was still happy to be able to see President Prabowo in person. "Very happy, but we didn't get to greet him because we were standing very far behind. So just seeing him was enough to be grateful," she said.

Syafiq, an elementary school student who also joined the welcoming, said he was happy to be able to meet President Prabowo in person. "I want to meet Mr. Prabowo, because this week is a holiday, the whole of Malaysia is off. Hopefully Mr. Prabowo will be a good president and be responsible for all of its implementation," he said.

Not only students, the community also has high hopes for President Prabowo. Lina, one of the representatives of the Indonesian community who was present, expressed her happiness at the President's arrival.

"We are very excited because President Prabowo has just been elected. Of course we have high hopes for the President so that education in Indonesia will be better and all aspects in Indonesia can also be better," said Lina.

Lina also said that President Prabowo's arrival could provide new enthusiasm for Indonesian citizens in Malaysia. "Happy, he greeted us, the teachers, the students, exciting, very happy," she added.

In addition to students and the public, a number of ministers were also seen who had already been at the location to welcome Prabowo's arrival. They were the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti, the Minister of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers/Head of BP2MI Abdul Kadir Karding, the Minister of Trade Budi Santoso, and the Minister of Investment and Downstream/Head of BKPM Rosan Roeslani.

President Prabowo Subianto continued his overseas official trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from New Delhi after attending the celebration of the 76th Republic Day of India on January 26, 2025.

Prabowo went to Malaysia to attend the awarding of the Darjah Kerabat Johor Yang Amat Dihormati Pangkat Pertama (D.K I Johor) to President Prabowo. This award is one of the highest honors given by the Sultanate of Johor to the country's leader.

In addition to receiving the award, President is also scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in .

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