Dubes RI di Pakistan Burhan Muhammad Wafat, Presiden Sampaikan Duka Cita
President Widodo Announce the Death of Indonesian Ambassador to Pakistan
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Jakarta (B2B) - Presiden RI Joko Widodo menyampaikan duka cita mendalam atas wafatnya Duta Besar RI untuk Pakistan, Burhan Muhammad pada Selasa pagi di Singapura.
“Saya turut berdukacita atas meninggal dunianya duta besar kita di Singapura, di General Hospital. Semoga almarhum mendapat tempat yang baik di sisi Allah dan keluarga yang ditinggalkan mendapat kekuatan dalam menghadapi cobaan ini,” kata Presiden Jokowi saat membuka sidang kabinet paripurna di Kantor Kepresidenan di Jakarta pada Selasa.
Presiden menambahkan, Dubes Burhan Muhammad meninggal di Rumah Sakit Singapura, hari ini pukul 05.00 waktu setempat, dan akan dibawa ke Jakarta hari ini.
“Saya ingin menyampaikan kepulangan jenazah Bapak Burhan Muhammad di Jakarta Sore hari, disemayamkan di Gedung Pancasila di Kementerian Luar Negeri, guna memberikan penghormatan secara resmi,” kata Presiden Jokowi.
Presiden melanjutkan, bahwa pada Selasa (19/5) malam ini, jenazah almarhum akan dibawa ke rumah duka di Yogyakarta, dan disemayamkan di tempat persistirahatan.
Sebelumnya, Menteri Luar Negeri Retno LP Marsudi secara resmi telah mengumumkan meninggalkan Dubes Burhan dalam pernyataan bela sungkawa, di ruang Palapa, Kementerian Luar Negeri, Jakarta, Selasa (19/5) pagi, seperti dilansir Setkab.
Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian President Joko Widodo expressed deep sorrow on the passing of Indonesian Ambassador to Pakistan Burhan Muhammad, Tuesday morning in Singapore.
“My condolences on the death of our ambassador to Pakistan, at the Singapore General Hospital. Hopefully the deceased gets a good place on the side of God and the family left behind gaining strength in the face of this ordeal,” President Widodo said while opened the plenary session of his cabinet in President's Office here on Tuesday.
According to the President Widodo, Ambassador Burhan Muhammad died at the Singapore General Hospital, today at 05.00 local time and will be brought to Jakarta, today.
“I want to convey the return of the bodies of Mr. Burhan Muhammad to Jakarta in the afternoon, and will be buried at Gedung Pancasila at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to give tribute officially,” President Widodo said.
Furthermore, the President said that on Tuesday (19/5) evening, the deceased will be taken to a funeral home in Yogyakarta, and will be buried in the last resting place.
Previously Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi has officially announced about the death of Ambassador Burhan in a statement of condolences in her office in Jakarta on Tuesday morning.
