Trump Meeting was to Discuss Investment, DPR Speaker Says
14 September 2015 11:42 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Setya Novanto, having returned from his US visit, defended his meeting with US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump. Setya said that he received a personal invitation by Trump.
"He invited me. The meeting was spontaneous," said Setya at the parliamentary complex on Monday September 14, 2015. Furthermore, Setya claimed that he had known Trump for quite some time under business reasons.
Setya claimed that he and Trump was discussing about business and investment opportunities in Indonesia. Setya said that the discussion was related to domestic economic condition.
Setya also claimed that he had also met with several other business representatives while he was in the US, including representatives from Coca Cola, Phillip Morris, Facebook, Conoco Phillips, and Apple. "It is the DPR's responsibility to assist the government in performing political and economic diplomacy," said Setya.
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