TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Trump’s Jared Kushner wants to invest in Indonesia, minister says
President Prabowo previously mentioned his meeting with Kushner in a phone call with Trump after landing in Washington on the official visit.
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
An image grab taken from the Peace To Prosperity Workshop on June 25, 2016 shows former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner giving a speech at the opening of the Peace to Prosperity workshop in the Bahraini capital Manama. (AFP/-)
J
ared Kushner, businessman and son-in-law of United States president-elect Donald Trump, has expressed an interest in investing in Indonesia, Investment and Downstream Minister Rosan Roeslani has said.
Rosan made the statement after attending a closed-door meeting between President Prabowo Subianto and the US-Indonesia Society (USINDO) on his second day of a visit to Washington, DC on Monday, which was joined by several US company executives, including from Freeport McMoRan, ExxonMobil and Chevron.
However, Rosan did not reveal the size of the investment.
“[The discussion] with Jared Kushner was actually some time ago, [he] happened to be invited to dinner, and I was also there at that time. Jared Kushner wants to invest in Indonesia,” he said on Tuesday, as quoted from the official President Secretariat YouTube channel.
Prabowo has encouraged US companies not to shy away from channeling their investments into Indonesia.
Ted Osius, former deputy chief of mission to Indonesia and USINDO advisor, expressed appreciation for President Prabowo’s openness and support. He also sought to bring several US business leaders to Indonesia early in December.
“We are thrilled because Indonesia has a president who is very pro-business, who warmly welcomed us, and who explained very clearly during the discussion how he would welcome business with the US and other countries,” he said, according to the press release from the cabinet secretary.
