Responding To Jokowi's Invitation To Come To Indonesia, Elon Musk: Hopefully In November

Jokowi meets Elon Musk (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The founder of Space X and also the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, answered President Joko Widodo's invitation to come to Indonesia in November 2022.

"Hopefully in November, thank you for the invitation," said Elon after meeting with Joko Widodo at Space X, Boca Chica, United States, Saturday local time, as quoted by Antara, Sunday.

Jokowi, during his visit to Space X, also invited Elon Musk to come to Indonesia.

"I think he is very interested in coming to Indonesia immediately and I have told him to come to Indonesia," said Jokowi.

On that occasion, the President also reviewed the production facilities at Space X. Elon Musk explained that he was very interested in the future of Indonesia. Indonesia looks very optimistic about the future, and has positive energy.

"I think Indonesia has great potential, and I think we through Tesla and Space X will try some collaborations with Indonesia," said Elon.

He also expressed his interest in collaborating with Indonesia considering that Indonesia has potential in many fields.

"We will see closely the form of cooperation in many ways, because Indonesia has a lot of potentials. Moreover, Indonesia has a large population and continues to grow. This is good because we need a lot of people in the future," said Elon.

After about an hour in Space X, Jokowi left the rocket production area.

Also accompanying President Jokowi were Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, and Indonesian Ambassador to the US Rosan Roeslani.