Bill Gates Meets Prabowo At The Jakarta Palace This Morning

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Bill Gates Meets Prabowo At The Jakarta Palace This Morning

Friday, 09 May 2025

Deputy for Protocol, Press, and Media of the Presidential Secretariat Yusuf Permana revealed that Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will receive Bill Gates at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday (7/5/2025) morning. "The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, this morning, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at around 08.00 WIB, is scheduled to receive a visit from world philanthropist and founder of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates," Yusuf told reporters. Yusuf said that Prabowo and Bill Gates are scheduled to hold a meeting at the Merdeka Palace to discuss a number of sustainable development initiatives.

"Especially on the issues of global health, nutrition, financial inclusion, and public digital infrastructure," he added. Previously, Prabowo had revealed that Bill Gates would come to Indonesia on Wednesday (7/5/2025).

Prabowo said that Bill Gates asked for time to meet him. "On the 7th, which is the day after tomorrow, a world figure named Bill Gates will come to us, asking to meet me," said Prabowo. Prabowo said that Bill Gates had sent a letter requesting a meeting to him since November 2024. He said that Bill Gates wanted to express support and give appreciation for the Free Nutritious Meals program. "Among other things, he wanted to express support and appreciation for our nutritious meals. I felt very big-hearted earlier, I felt don't, don't praise us, we haven't succeeded. We will succeed, God willing, in December 2025 if we prove that we can organize 80 million," he said.

"We can deliver food every day to 82.9 million of our people in a clean, safe, nutritious condition. At that time we can accept the congratulations earlier," Prabowo continued. Prabowo said that Bill Gates wanted to help Indonesia with this free nutritious meal program. However, he admitted that he did not yet know what form of assistance Bill Gates would provide.