Jakarta, Jan. 22 -- Presidential Special Staff Coordinator, Ari Dwipayana, denied the rumor regarding appointment of Communication and Informatics Minister, Budi Arie Setiadi, as interim Foreign Affairs Minister, was related to Retno Marsudi's resignation from the cabinet.

"Ministers who are said to have resigned are focused on working. Minister Hadimuljono is accompanying the president today. Minister Marsudi and Minister Sumadi are working as well," Dwipayana confirmed at the State Secretariat Building in Jakarta on Monday.

He explained that the appointment of ad interim ministers is a usual mechanism applied when one of the ministers goes on a working visit abroad.

Earlier, Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian was also appointed as ...