Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan admitted that he was often juxtaposed with China, and some even considered him a Chinese stooge.
He strongly denied this because so far he also has close relations with many officials from other countries, such as the United States to the Middle East. However, according to Luhut, China has advantages, namely that it is willing to provide what Indonesia has asked for.
“People said that I used to be a stooge of China, in my heart I said that your grandmother is a Chinese henchman, you can buy me. But which one can provide benefits for this Republic, it will be approached well and America will also benefit,” said Luhut in the National Working Meeting. BPPT 2021, Tuesday (9/3/21).
Most recently, it is not China or the United States that collaborates with Indonesia, but with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the result is a 16-point agreement. However, Indonesia’s cooperation with China is still ongoing in many other national strategic projects. Luhut also explained the reasons, claiming that China was willing to share technology in the cooperation process.
“To accelerate economic recovery, BPPT must be successful in reverse engineering. I think it is very important. We should not start from 0, we must leapfrog. To be able to leapfroWe have to be able to stick first, then we can jump. If we just keep doing this (behind following), “said Luhut.
“That’s why I came with China, why? Because I think China is so generous to provide the technology, until today he wants whatever we ask and that allows us to catch up, “he continued.
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