JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia again brought up the bitter experience of countries that had wanted to work together to build an electric vehicle ecosystem in Indonesia.
According to Bahlil, Indonesia actually provides the same opportunity for all countries in the world to enter and invest in Indonesia. This is because Indonesia is the country with the largest nickel reserves in the world, besides that, other raw materials such as cobalt and manganese can also be found easily in Indonesia.
According to him, at that time Indonesia had offered cooperation with China, Japan, Korea to other European countries and America. Bahlil even likened Indonesia to a woman with character who was approached by many men. According to him, the government also does not discriminate between treatment of interested countries.
"Like people dating. We, Indonesia, are girls. We have asked for all of us to be friends. From Africa, from the east, middle, where are we going. We are open," Bahlil said at the International Battery Summit, Tuesday, August 5.
However, Bahlil said that from a number of approaches, only China and Korea survived. After going through a number of assessments, other countries did not continue to cooperate with Indonesia.
"Keep asking. Eat meatballs. Eat at the restaurant. Abis is gone. There are no omons. So when we have to sell ourselves. As girls with character and character, we have to protect our characters," explained Bahlil.
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The general chairman of the Golkar party said that Indonesia then continued to cooperate with China and South Korea through CATL and LG.
This collaboration continues because the two countries have qualified technology but are not accompanied by the availability of nickel raw materials.
Bahlil emphasized that Indonesia has never given special treatment to one country to participate in developing electric vehicle batteries in the country.
"I promise, if someone builds a car battery ecosystem, I myself will take care of it without discriminating from any country. Now, to deal with the car battery ecosystem, we are targeting up to 2027, around 55 gigawatts," said Bahlil.
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