JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said Indonesia had signed a non-disclosure agreement or NDA with an automotive company from the United States, Tesla Inc.

For your information, NDA is a confidentiality agreement between two parties to maintain the confidentiality of certain information and or material that they share with access or information. But not allowed to be known outside them (third parties).

"We've had six video calls, and the NDA has been signed," he said, at the Special Dialogue: Investment Challenges and Optimism 2021, Jakarta, Wednesday, February 3.

Luhut said that the development of Tesla's investment was still continuing despite having experienced delays in visiting Indonesia. He claims the company founded by Elon Musk will submit their investment plan proposal to the Indonesian government in the near future.

"I think today or tomorrow we will receive proposals from them," he said.

Regarding Tesla's investment value, Luhut admitted that he could not tell it. He said the information could not be made public. This is due to the signing of the NDA agreement between the two parties.

"We don't know how much, we can't disclose too much detail to the public," he explained.

For information, Tesla's investment plan in Indonesia is predicted to be related to the government's plan to boost electric cars in Indonesia. The conversation between the government and Tesla has been going on since December 2020 when President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was accompanied by Luhut and Tesla CEO Elon Musk via telephone.

President Jokowi previously invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to invest in Indonesia. He invited Musk to invest in electric cars and as a location for the Space X launching pad.

Tesla electric car. (Photo: Twitter @elonmusk)

Musk is said to have responded to Jokowi's invitation. The plan, Musk will send his team to Indonesia to explore all opportunities for this cooperation.

Originally, Tesla would send a team to visit Indonesia in February 2021, but recently the plan had to be abandoned. This is because Indonesia is still implementing a ban on the entry of foreign citizens (WNA) into Indonesia to prevent further spread of COVID-19.


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