The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia would like to welcome Excellency speaker of the Parliament of Kiribati and delegation of Kiribati’s parliament, to the first meeting of Indonesia – Pacific Parliamentary Partnership (IPPP). As the host of the event, we sincerely hope that Kiribati would have a fruitful discussion on the meeting’s main issues of Human Capital Development and Maritime Sustainability. Kiribati’s perspective with regards to the issues would hopefully be a valuable insight in order to strengthen parliamentary cooperation with Indonesia, particularly in areas of mutual interests. Indonesia and Kiribati are an archipelagic state that shares the same concerns regarding climate change and the rising sea level.