Media support key to highlight efforts for global recovery
Published on: Friday, May 27, 2022
By: Antara News
BALI: Indonesia is currently holding the Presidency of the Group of 20 (G20), a forum comprising 20 of the world’s major economies, which focuses on policy coordination in the economic and development spheres (pic).Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan delivered the statement at the “Journalists Forum of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investments: Guarding the Indonesian G20 Presidency” in Bali.
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Indonesia, as the host, raised the theme, “Recover Together, Recover Stronger,” with great enthusiasm.
The theme was raised by looking at the changing global conditions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Pandjaitan said.
Through the G20 Presidency, Indonesia is raising three main issues that are important for all member countries, namely the development of global health infrastructure, digital transformation, and the transition to green energy, he added.
The summit meeting of the Indonesian G20 Presidency in Bali province will be attended by all heads of state who are members of the grouping, Pandjaitan said.
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For this reason, at the direction of President Joko Widodo, Indonesia, as the host, has to prepare the entire series of events, prepare the venue for the event, and provide security to all heads of state properly, he added.
Pandjaitan then urged all journalists to continue to support G20 events organised under Indonesia’s Presidency.
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“All journalists are asked to continue to support the continuity of the Indonesian G20 Presidency event, both in its preparation process and its implementation later by providing good, factual, and accountable information,” he added.
Through the journalists’ forum, he said he hoped to create collaboration in the terms of delivering information by national and international media to the public regarding the preparations for the Indonesian G20 Presidency until the peak day of the event.
Pandjaitan said he realised that one of the parties that had a big role in the success of the implementation of the Indonesian G20 Presidency was the media.
Indonesia took over the Presidency of the G20 for a period of one year: from December 1, 2021, to November 30, 2022.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi handed over the Presidency of the G20 to President Joko Widodo on October 31, 2021, at the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy.
The G20 comprises 19 countries and one region: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, People’s Republic of China (PRC), France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.
Together, they account for 85 percent of the global GDP (gross domestic product), 75 percent of international trade, and 60 percent of the global population.
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