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EV, capital city among points in Indonesia, Australia talks
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) receives Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo for a bilateral meeting at the 50th ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 5, 2024. (AFP/Penny Stephens/ASEAN-Australia Special Summit 2024)
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span lang="EN-ID">President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has heralded a fresh agreement on electric vehicle (EV) collaboration with Indonesia’s southern neighbor Australia, while attempting to entice Canberra in his other legacy project, building the new capital city Nusantara.
Australia is a key country for Indonesian and ASEAN interests, Jokowi said of its neighbor following the bilateral talk with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday that aimed at boosting strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
Among key projects discussed in the meeting were follow-up talks on the long-term collaboration for manufacturing EV batteries inked last July between the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) and the Western Australian state government.
The deal, which allowed for Australian lithium to be supplied to Indonesia for EV battery manufacturing, was deemed a significant development in Jakarta’s plan to take advantage of its vast nickel resources and capture the lion’s share of the EV supply chain.
This ambition has so far been promoted as one of the major means to elevate Indonesia’s economic status, and another hallmark of the Jokowi administration.
