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Indonesia offers investment opportunities to China
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Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (right) and Maritime Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan (left) walk into a press conference room at the Finance Ministry in Jakarta. (Antara/Rosa Panggabean)
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aritime Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has offered investment opportunities in infrastructure projects to China during his visit to the country.
Luhut, who is scheduled to visit the country from June 15 to 17, met with Chinese Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary Meng Jianzhu on Thursday.
During his meeting with Meng, Luhut mentioned several projects, including an integrated infrastructure project in North Sumatra, new harbor and nuclear industry construction in North Kalimantan and integrated tourism projects in North Sulawesi and Bali.
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Luhut also conveyed a message from President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo to Chinese President Xi Jinping through Meng in the hope that cooperation between both countries could be materialized soon.
Similar issues were also discussed when Luhut met with China Communications Construction Company Ltd. (CCCC) president director Liu Qitao and the Chinese Development Bank (CDB) chairman Hu Huaibang.
Luhut said both companies were interested in investing in Indonesia and they promised to send their teams to Indonesia, to follow up the offers. (dea/bbn)
