Prabowo welcomed Putin's plan to add a flight to RI, not just Moscow-Bali

Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto unveiled the desire of Russian President Vladimir Putin to add flights to Indonesia. Prabowo welcomed the plan. “At the July 2024 meeting, President Putin conveyed the desire to open direct flights from Russia Indonesia,” Prabowo said in a joint statement after bilaterally with President Putin in Constantine Palace, Saint Petersburg, on the YouTube secretariat of the president, Thursday (6/19/2025). Prabowo said there was currently a Moscow Russian flight with a schedule 3 times a week. Prabowo invited Russia to add flights not only to Bali, but also to other cities. Browse to continue with the content “Now Russia’s largest flight flies 3 times a week, Moscow-Bali, then in winter four times a week. And we open opportunities, please add flights to Bali but also to other cities in Indonesia. We open flights directly to Russia,” he said. Prabowo mentions a lot of new approval from the results of the meeting. One of them is a scholarship for young Indonesian people to study in Russia. “We have also reached many new agreements, and we especially want to increase the number of young people in Indonesia to study in Russia with bursaries from the Indonesian government,” he said. Furthermore, Prabowo also expressed his gratitude for Russia’s support for Indonesia to become a member of the Brics economic organization. “I also express my gratitude to President Putin and the Russian government for Russia’s support for the full membership of Indonesia in Brics. I also welcomed it to be agreed between Indonesia and Russia in our role in the Eurasian free trade area. Eurasian economic union,” Prabowo said. (Eva/Lir) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here