Indonesia to Improve Protection of its Citizens

In an annual press statement last week, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said that in the coming five years Indonesia's foreign policy would be based on maintaining sovereignty, improving services to protect its citizens and intensifying economic diplomacy.

"Our diplomacy will protect the territorial sovereignty of the Republic of Indonesia," Retno said, adding that Indonesia would take better care of its migrant workers overseas. "Indonesia's foreign policy must provide protection and a sense of security for Indonesian citizens and legal entities abroad."

January 13, 2015