JAKARTA, Indonesia — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday visited an Indonesian city shattered by an earthquake and tsunami to personally assess the impact of the disasters. Guterres is attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on the island of Bali. He paid a visit to the hard-hit city of Palu on Sulawesi island, where Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla welcomed him at the partly damaged airport. “Here in Palu, I saw first-hand the destruction caused by the recent earthquake and tsunami,” Guterres said on Twitter during the visit. Guterres returned in the afternoon to Bali where he will meet Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and other officials attending the IMF-World Bank meetings, which continue through Sunday.

Source: National Post October 12, 2018 09:00 UTC