Indonesian President to Address Parliament’s Joint Sitting on 26th January

President Joko Widodo dressed in the regional clothes in the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) session, August 16, 2017.

Islamabad, MINA – President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo will address the Joint Sitting of the Parliament (Majlis-e-Shoora) on Friday 26th January, 2018, The News reported Saturday.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will be the 17th foreign dignitary who will address National Assembly/ Senate/ joint sitting of the Parliament/constitutional Assembly of Pakistan.

The foreign dignitaries who had addressed the National Assembly/ Senate/ joint sitting of the constitutional Assembly of Pakistan include Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, President of Philippines Diosdado Macapagal, President of Indonesia Dr Ahmad Soekarno,

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mrs. Bandaranaike, President of Turkey Kenan Evren, President of Palestine Yasser Arafat, President of France François Mitterrand, Speaker Majlis-i-Shura-i-Islami of Iran Hujjatul Islam Mehdi Karroubi, President of Iran Ali Akbar Hashmi Rafsanjani, Speaker Majlis-i-Shura-i-Islami of Iran Hujjatul Islam Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Queen Elizabeth-II, Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, Prime Minister of China Li Kegiang and President of China Xi Jingping.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has the honour to address the Joint Sitting of the Parliament thrice. President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo will be the second President of Indonesia who will address the joint sitting of the Parliament.

Earlier President of Indonesia Dr. Ahmad Soekarno had addressed the National Assembly of Pakistan on 26 June 1963. T/RS5/RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)