Indonesian President winds up BD visit seeking support for Rohingyas

Indonesian President Joko Widodo wrapped up his two-day state visit on Monday morning seeking stronger ties with Bangladesh and extending supports to Rohingyas for their safe return.

A special flight, carrying him and his entourage, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 9:00am, a senior official of Foreign Ministry said when contacted by UNB.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali saw him off at the airport.

During his visit, Bangladesh and Indonesia on Sunday signed five instruments, including two memorandums of understanding (MoUs), aiming to enhance bilateral relations, trade and investment, and boosting cooperation in different sectors between the two countries.

Joko Widodo arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon and he was received by his Bangladesh counterpart Abdul Hamid and his wife first lady Rashida Khanam.

The Indonesian President visited Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar district on Sunday afternoon.

Prior to that, he had meetings with President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali also called on the visiting president.

President Widodo paid homage at the National Mausoleum in Savar in memory of the martyrs of the 1971 War of Liberation on Sunday morning.

Following this, the President paid tribute to the memory of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum.

President Abdul Hamid hosted dinner in honour of his Indonesian counterpart at Bangabhaban on Saturday evening.