Jokowi Meets Elon Musk, This Is Discussed

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with CEO Tesla Inc, and founder of Space X, Elon Musk in Boca Chica, United States (US), Saturday (14/5/2022).

On his personal Instagram and Twitter, Jokowi revealed the meeting with Elon Musk discussed two things.

“Arriving at the Stargate Space X Building, Boca Chica, United States, this afternoon, I immediately met the host, Elon Musk. We talked about technology and innovation,” Jokowi said, quoted from his Instagram account, Sunday (15/5/2022).

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In Jokowi’s Instagram upload, Elon Musk dressed casually wearing a black t-shirt with a picture of space and astronauts while welcoming Jokowi. The shirt depicts Elon’s space company, Space X.

The richest man in the world also took Jokowi around to see the facilities in Space X. Elon Musk on the occasion revealed that he was very interested in the future of Indonesia.

“I think Indonesia has great potential, and I think we through Tesla and Space X will try some collaborations with Indonesia,” said Elon.

“We will see closely the form of cooperation in many ways, because Indonesia has a lot of potential. Moreover, Indonesia has a large population and continues to grow. This is good because we need a lot of people in the future,” he said.

It is planned that Elon will visit Indonesia in November this year. During the visit, Jokowi was accompanied by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, and Indonesian Ambassador to the US Rosan Roeslani.

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Previously, Spokesperson for the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Jodi Mahardi revealed that Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk had sent his team to Indonesia.

According to Jodi, this was done after the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan offered Indonesian nickel when he met with Elon Musk in the United States (US) some time ago.

This is to meet the raw materials for the development of electric vehicles (EV) which are Tesla’s mainstay products.

“Pak Menko Marves in the meeting explained to Elon Musk that Indonesia can meet nickel needs with high environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards, especially from the environmental aspect and carbon emissions,” he told Kompas.com, Wednesday (11/5). /2022).

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