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High-speed train to Bandung not aid from China: Jokowi
"This is not an aid [project]. This is a collaboration between Indonesia and China. There's an element of investment here, so again not aid," President Jokowi told reporters during an inspection of a new railway station for the high-speed train in Tegalluar, at the outskirt of Bandung.
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Workers stand beside an Electric Multiple Unit high-speed train for a rail link project part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, at Tegalluar train depot in Bandung, West Java province on Oct. 13. (Reuters/Yuddy Cahya Budiman)
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that the high-speed train connecting Jakarta and Bandung in West Java was an investment project and not foreign aid from the Chinese government.
"This is not aid [project]. This is a collaboration between Indonesia and China. There's an element of investment here, so again, not aid," President Jokowi told reporters during an inspection of a new railway station for the high-speed train in Tegalluar, on the outskirts of Bandung.
Jokowi also added that the Indonesian government was still in discussion with China over whether Chinese President Xi Jinping could make a stopover for a site visit in Jakarta on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in November.
"Yes, we're still in a discussion about that," Jokowi said.
Jokowi also said that the project would boost connectivity between ASEAN countries.
“This will be the first high-speed railway in ASEAN and we hope this will increase connectivity between countries, whether this [railway] will be connected further to an airport or to other high-speed railways,” he said.
