What Jokowi Want during US visit
October 25, 2015
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JAKARTA. Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung says issues
surrounding the work contract between Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc.,
which operates the world’s largest gold mine in Grasberg, Papua, and the
Indonesian government will not come up in discussions when President Joko
“Jokowi” Widodo visits the US from Oct. 25 to 30.
“Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said
cancelled his departure; so, there is no more speculation [on possible
discussions about Freeport],” he said as quoted by kompas.com on Sunday. The
Cabinet secretary spoke to journalists at Halim Perdanakusumah Airport in East
Jakarta on Saturday evening.
Pramono said that during his US business trip, President
Jokowi would visit both the western and eastern parts of the country. In the
east, President Jokowi would meet with US President Barack Obama, members of
the US Congress, ministers and lobby groups to discuss the roles Indonesia and
the US could play in the world.
“Surely, issues related to cooperation between the two
countries in the fields of politics and the economy, as well as the signing of
agreements in defense and security, will also be parts of the talks in the
meetings,” said Pramono.
In his visit to the western parts of the US, he added,
President Jokowi would visit Silicon Valley to meet with business players
involved in digital technology and the creative economy, including the CEOs of
several technology companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft.
“So, the President will have two types of visits, namely
formal and informal, in the US. This is just like what we want, in which in the
US the President will not only have a state visit, but also discuss problems
related to the development of our digital technology and creative economy,”
said Pramono.
He added that the President wanted people living in villages
across Indonesia to understand and be involved in the use of digital
technologies.
“Our villages minister [Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and
Transmigration Minister Marwan Jafar] will follow up on the talks. Google has
been willing to help us [to expand digital technology use],” he said.
Pramono went on to say that there was quite a huge amount of
village funds that could be used to expand access to digital technology. He
said that was why President Jokowi wanted to use his US visit to specifically
explore opportunities to boost villages’ knowledge and interest in digital
technologies.
Pramono said that in his US trip, President Jokowi was
accompanied by a delegation of digital technology and creative economy
developers, such as the founders of mobile-application-based motorcycle taxi
company Go-Jek, local e-commerce giant Tokopedia and Indonesia’s largest online
forum Kaskus.
“They are young entrepreneurs who are creative in digital
technologies and the creative economy. That’s why they are involved in this US
business trip, so that they can have more knowledge and understanding of the
businesses because Silicon Valley has an increasing international influence,”
said Pramono.
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