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Vice President Amin led a coordination meeting with the ranks of the West Papua provincial
government at the West Papua Governor's Office on Thursday. The meeting aims to discuss
efforts to expedite development and tackle extreme poverty in the area.

"This is a coordination meeting to discuss Presidential Instruction Number 9 of 2020 and then
also relates to Law Number 2 of 2021 on the Second Amendment to Law Number 21 of 2001 on
Special Autonomy for the provinces of Papua and West Papua while at the same time discussing
about tackling extreme poverty," he noted.

At the coordination meeting, Amin appealed to all ranks of the West Papua provincial government
to submit proposals and hold dialogue with the central government to accelerate development
in West Papua Province.

"This is a follow-up meeting of that at the Vice President's Office to obtain some kind of input
and dialogue between the (central) Government and all of society in West Papua," Amin
remarked.
Amin's visit to West Papua is the foremost one since he first served as vice president in October
2019. He is also scheduled to visit Papua Province, Friday, October 15, to lead a coordination
meeting and close the National Sports Week (PON). XX.

Amin's entourage during the visit included Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security
Mahfud MD, Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin,
Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah, Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Teten
Masduki, National Development Planning Minister/Head of National Development Planning
Agency Suharso Monoarfa, Deputy Minister of Public Works and Public Housing John Wempi
Wetipo, and Deputy Minister of Environment Life and Forestry Alue Dohong.

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