REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak congratulated Indonesia's new President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK) who were inaugurated at the Parliament Building here on Monday.

"I wish good luck to Mr Jokowi and Mr JK to run the new administration of Indonesia," Prime Minister Najib stated after attending the inauguration event.

With regard to the bilateral relations between Indonesia and Malaysia for the next five years, Najib reiterated that the two countries already enjoy sound cooperation and relations in various fields.

"This (inauguration) is a good sign. Hopefully, Malaysia and Indonesia's relationship will be better in the future," he noted.

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak was one of the six heads of state who attended the inauguration of President Jokowi and Vice President JK, including Brunei Darussalam's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Timor Leste's President Taur Mata Huak, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Joko Widodo was inaugurated as the seventh president and Jusuf Kalla as the twelfth vice president of Indonesia.

Jokowi and his running mate JK won the presidential election on July 9 after securing 70,997,833 votes, or 53.15 percent of the total 133,574,277 votes, while their rivals, Prabowo Subianto and his partner Hatta Rajasa, secured 62,576,444 votes, or 46.85 percent of the total.

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