Jakarta, March 19 -- Minister of Population and Family Development, Wihaji, has said that the government respects Indonesian nationals who choose to pursue careers abroad.

He made the statement while receiving Singapore's Minister of Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli here on Tuesday.

"The government certainly respects that. The most important thing is that our government under President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran will always respond to the needs of the Indonesian people in terms of work," he said in a ministry statement issued here on Wednesday.

He emphasized that the state will be present for the people.

He added that the Indonesian government wants to collaborate with Singapore to optimize the demographi...