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View all search resultsJokowi to visit Elon Musk in Texas as Indonesia eyes space, EV projects
The President looks set to fly to Texas to meet up with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for a look at the company's spaceport.
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will head to Texas to meet with SpaceX founder Elon Musk, a government official has confirmed, as the Indonesian leader began his three-day visit to the United States this week.
Jokowi and several of his top ministers arrived in Washington, DC, on Tuesday evening local time ahead of the US-ASEAN Special Summit on Thursday and Friday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah confirmed the meeting with Musk as one of the few appointments with CEOs that the President had lined up during his stay.
“We have received confirmation that the President has been scheduled to visit Texas where the SpaceX facility is located,” Faizasyah said at a press briefing on Thursday.
He did not elaborate on any further details or the other meetings the President would be having.
On Monday, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan announced that the President was looking forward to meeting the CEO during his visit, while representatives of Musk’s own electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla Inc were in Indonesia to visit a nickel production hub in Morowali, Central Sulawesi.
Luhut, who is part of the President’s current entourage, had already met with Musk last month to set up the appointment with the new majority shareholder of Twitter, in hopes of accelerating the development of the nation’s nickel industry to supply batteries for electric vehicles.
