Jakarta, June 16 -- Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar emphasized the importance of strengthening diplomacy with countries where Indonesian migrant workers are placed to ensure comprehensive protection based on the law and regulation mandates.

"The ministry will continue to push and coordinate with the Ministry of Migrant Workers Protection to ensure their safety and welfare in every country," Iskandar noted in the ministry's statement here on Monday.

The minister made these remarks while meeting Indonesian migrant workers in Singapore before attending a series of state activities with President Prabowo Subianto.

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