Jubeir held talks with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi during which he discussed a wide-range of issues relating to bilateral relations and regional and international issues of mutual concern. In a joint press conference following the talks, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia lauded the depth of relations between the two countries, noting that her meeting with Al-Jubeir focused on ways of enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the field of energy, commerce and investments in addition to a number of fields. For his part, Al-Jubeir lauded the bilateral distinguished relations between the two countries which are based on a number of common factors and recalled that the Kingdom was among the first countries to have recognized Indonesia's independence in 1945, confirming the Kingdom's hope to see more development and enhancement of the strong relations between the two sisterly countries. As part of the visit, Al-Bassam and Al-Mifdhi each held talks with Indonesian officials in charge of following-up the implementation of the approved protocol between the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and President Widodo of Indonesia during his last visit to the Kingdom regarding Saudi investments in Indonesia.
