Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to attend India’s Republic Day parade as Chief Visitor

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is ready to grace the upcoming Republic Day celebration within the nationwide capital because the Chief Visitor, folks conversant in the matter mentioned on Saturday.

It’s learnt that Subianto is unlikely to journey to Pakistan instantly after concluding his journey to India after New Delhi raised the difficulty.

Jakarta deliberate a visit to Pakistan by the Indonesian President after his go to to New Delhi, Pakistan media had reported.

India is but to formally announce this yr’s Republic Day chief visitor.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will maintain wide-ranging talks with Subianto throughout his go to.

Yearly, India invitations world leaders to attend the Republic Day celebration. Final yr, French President Emmanuel Macron was the chief visitor.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi graced the event in 2023.

There was no Republic Day Chief visitor in 2021 and 2022 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2020, then Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was the chief visitor on the Republic Day celebration.

In 2019, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was the chief visitor on the Republic Day parade, whereas in 2018, leaders of all 10 ASEAN international locations attended the occasion.

In 2017, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the chief visitor at celebration, whereas then French President Francois Hollande graced the event in 2016.

In 2015, then US President Barack Obama watched the parade.

In 2014, ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the chief visitor on the celebration, whereas Bhutan king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck attended the parade in 2013.

The heads of state and authorities who’ve attended the Republic Day celebrations embrace Nicolas Sarkozy, Vladimir Putin, Nelson Mandela, John Main, Mohammed Khatami and Jacques Chirac.

The then British Prime Minister John Main had attended the R-Day celebration in 1993, Nelson Mandela participated because the then South African President in 1995, whereas South Korean President President Lee Myung Bak witnessed the parade in 2010.

In 2008, Sarkozy participated within the celebrations as French President, whereas his predecessor Chirac graced the event in 1998.

Different world leaders who’ve attended the celebration embrace Nepal’s King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, who got here right here in 1999, Iran’s then President Mohammed Khatami in 2003, then Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in 2011, and President of Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in 1991.