{"id":14172,"date":"2025-10-30T08:51:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/noc-indonesia-takes-step-towards-hosting-olympic-committee-official-meeting\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:50","slug":"noc-indonesia-takes-step-towards-hosting-olympic-committee-official-meeting","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/noc-indonesia-takes-step-towards-hosting-olympic-committee-official-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"NOC Indonesia takes step towards hosting Olympic committee official meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The meeting addressed the IOC&#8217;s recommendations related to the visa issue involving Israeli athletes ahead of the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Jakarta 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Led by NOC Indonesia President Raja Sapta Oktohari, the delegation presented a clear and diplomatic explanation of Indonesia&#8217;s situation, covering government policy, social context, and security guarantees for all participants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The discussion was well received by the IOC, resulting in a positive breakthrough that reopened communication and cooperation between both sides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Both parties agreed to continue dialogue and evaluation to strengthen cooperation and ensure Indonesia remains an active and respected part of the Olympic Movement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14173,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-14172","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Indonesian Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia) has taken an important diplomatic step by holding an official meeting with the International Olympic Committee at its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland","published_date":"2025-10-30 00:00:00","news_description":"The Indonesian Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia) has taken an important diplomatic step by holding an official meeting with the International Olympic Committee at its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18953,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14172\/revisions\/18953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}