TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair meets President Joko Widodo or Jokowi at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, today, Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Donning a dark blue suit, Blair and his entourage arrived at the Presidential Palace complex at around 09:53 a.m. local time. Blair did not provide any details on the meeting when entering the Palace.

The Palace also did not give any information regarding the Thursday morning meeting between Jokowi and the member of the IKN Advisory Board.

Jokowi previously asked Blair to help promote the Nusantara Capital City or IKN internationally. The Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan explained Blair's tasks after the IKN Advisory Council met Jokowi at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday, October 19, 2022.

In his statement, Luhut explained that the meeting discussed the capital transfer plan. Luhut said that Tony Blair also conveyed his thoughts on promotional strategies that the Indonesian government could implement. According to Tony Blair, the government could promote by offering investment opportunities to several other countries, such as the Governments of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China, as well as several foreign companies in the Asian region.

Indonesian companies are also expected to invest in IKN, Luhut said. In the last few months, Jokowi said Letters of Intent (LoI) from foreign investors for IKN had piled up, but none had been realized. Jokowi claimed in November last year that the government currently “prioritized domestic investors”.

DANIEL A. FAJRI

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