Friday, January 24, 2025

LOBBY

Influential movement of who's doing what
Inner Circle
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Bahlil Lahadalia, has opened up the possibility for Indonesia to buy oil from Russia after Indonesia officially became a member of BRICS, an intergovernmental organization focusing on economic cooperation and development. […]
Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Yuliot Tanjung, says that Indonesia will utilize its BRICS membership to export mining products, especially to China and India, Antara reported. […]
The government and Apple Inc. on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 held the first negotiations on its investment plan in Indonesia as part of the mechanism to pass the sale of its latest iPhone 16 smartphones, emphasizing on two additional points and four main objectives. […]
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), through the Japanese Government, has put forth a proposal for the co-development of a new frigate in collaboration with Indonesia, aiming to enhance its security alliances in East and Southeast Asia. […]
Rosan P. Roeslani, Minister of Investment and Downstreaming/ Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), revealed on Thursday, January 2, 2024 that several Chinese companies have expressed commitment to investing US$7.46 billion (Rp120.9 trillion) in Indonesia. […]
Yuriy Ushakov, Russian Presidential Aide, said on December 23, 2024 that Indonesia and eight other countries officially have the status of BRICS partner countries. BRICS are ready to work with their partner countries to follow the spirit of openness, inclusiveness and mutually beneficial cooperation. […]
The Indonesian Defense University, in collaboration with German pumps and pump systems manufacturer Wilo, held a guest lecture themed “Pump Systems Working Principles and Practical Applications” on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. […]
The Tanzanian government delegation met with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) to discuss Pertamina’s investment plan in Tanzania and learn about processing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with Indonesia. […]
Indonesia and Norway have launched the fourth phase of their result-based contribution (RBC) partnership, committing US$60 million (Rp952 billion) based on emission reductions achieved during the 2019-2020 period. […]
Minister of Investment and Downstream/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Rosan Perkasa Roeslani emphasizes that Indonesia has great potentials and is the right business partner for multinational companies, in particular European ones. […]
Nvidia, a technology company from the United States, has set up an artificial intelligence (AI) research and development center and data center in Vietnam following an agreement signed on Thursday, December 5, 2024 in Hanoi, attended by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. […]
The 19th Senior Officials Meeting of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF) that was held in Dili, Timor Leste on Monday-Friday, December 2-6, 2024 have resulted in several conservation targets aimed at addressing overfishing, climate change, and pollution. […]
Indonesian Minister of Industry, Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, has urged American technology company Apple to commit US$1 billion (Rp 15.9 trillion) for the development of a production facility (factory) in the country. […]
Indonesia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea have signed the Sydney Declaration, establishing a regional governance framework to safeguard the biodiversity of the Arafura and Timor Seas (ATS). […]
The government has begun to open the door wide for Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in Indonesia due to the impact of Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States, which is considered to be burdensome for the People’s Republic of China’s trade side. […]
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia has proposed to Mary Ng, Canadian Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade, and Economic Development joint cooperation for the development of hydroelectric and nuclear power plants in Indonesia. […]
The government has maintained that there is no change in Indonesia’s territorial sovereignty in the North Natuna Sea region. […]
Canada’s Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion, and International Trade, Mary Ng, has extended an invitation to the Indonesian government to collaborate on nuclear power plant development. […]
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Armanatha Nasir held a series of bilateral meetings with top government executives of countries under the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) on the sidelines of the Group’s Ministerial Meeting on Thursday, November 29, 2024. […]
An agreement reached at the 175-nation Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC-5) for a globally binding rule on plastics in South Korea is in jeopardy, with some petrochemical nations strongly opposed to efforts to target plastic production limits. […]
President of Angola João Lourenço, President of Congo Felix Tshisekedi, and President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan have expressed their interests to visit Indonesia and meet President Prabowo Subianto in 2025. […]
Finnish Ambassador to Indonesia, Pekka Kaihilahti, has expressed his country’s interest to build a data center in Indonesia during a meeting with Minister of Communication and Digital Application Meutya Hafid on Friday, November 29, 2024. […]
Standard Chartered Indonesia, the Government of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, and the British-Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (BritCham) held a roundtable in London on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 discussing carbon market opportunities in Indonesia. […]
President Prabowo Subianto’s first overseas trip since being inaugurated on October 20, 2024 has drawn sharp criticism from various circles, including The Economist. […]
Deputy Minister of Environment Diaz Hendropriyono, along with various organizations and countries of the world, attended the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) in Busan, South Korea to discuss the Global Plastic Treaty from November 25, 2024 until December 1, 2024. […]
Minister of Investment and Downstream/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Rosan Perkasa Roeslani says investment is an important factor to achieve the 8-percent economic growth target that government is focusing to increase qualified investment flows as one of the main priorities in the future economic plan. […]
The Ministry of Communication and Digital Application (Komdigi) and the German Ministry of Digital and Transportation have recently agreed to collaborate in digital infrastructure and technology development, as well as the drafting of internet-related regulations. […]
British Petroleum (BP) has agreed to put an investment of US$7 billion in support of the Tangguh Ubadari, Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage (CCUS), and Compression (UCC) projects in Indonesia upon an assessment meeting between the British oil&gas company and the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Task Force (SKK Migas). […]
Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to strengthen collaboration in the energy and mineral resources sectors. Which aims to promote technology transfer, policy exchange, business partnerships, project financing, and human resource development. […]
President Prabowo Subianto has expressed interest for Indonesia to learn from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to expand the capacity of Indonesia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA). […]