Russia has proposed deepening army, safety, commerce and nuclear ties with Indonesia, which has the world’s fourth-largest inhabitants.
Prabowo beforehand visited Russia in August 2024, when he was defence minister and president-elect, and described Moscow as a “nice good friend”, saying he hoped for stronger cooperation on defence, vitality and training.
Indonesia has stated that it needs to construct its first nuclear energy plant by 2032, with 500MW capability, aiming for it to return on-line within the subsequent decade. Authorities stated builders included Russia’s Rosatom, China CNNC, and US small modular reactor producer NuScale.
Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economic system, at the moment depends totally on coal as a supply of energy regardless of boasting huge potential for renewable vitality sources akin to hydro, photo voltaic and geothermal.
With expectations of excessive vitality demand sooner or later, Indonesia is in search of to spice up energy technology capability whereas capping its carbon emissions, eyeing nuclear energy as the answer.
