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        "id": 1735240,
        "msgid": "indonesia-urges-investors-to-use-embassies-for-business-issues-1778608552",
        "date": "2026-05-12 20:50:38",
        "title": "Indonesia urges investors to use embassies for business issues",
        "author": " ",
        "source": "GALERT",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Investment",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Arif Havas Oegroseno has urged global investors facing obstacles in the country to contact Indonesian embassies first, which will liaise with local authorities and the investors' own embassies to resolve issues. This initiative, announced at an international seminar hosted by the Finance Ministry, supports a newly established Debottlenecking Task Force aimed at streamlining investment processes and removing barriers to economic activity. Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa emphasised the importance of coordination with the Foreign Affairs Ministry to promote these channels globally, potentially boosting foreign investment inflows.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Arif Havas\nOegroseno on Tuesday urged global business leaders to first contact\nIndonesia\u2019s embassies if they encounter obstacles when investing in the\ncountry.<\/p>\n<p>Oegroseno made the remarks at the International Seminar on\nDebottlenecking Channels at the Finance Ministry in Jakarta, which was\nattended by foreign ambassadors and global business representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there are issues that need to be resolved, those nodes that the\nFinance Minister mentioned, please report them to our embassies. We will\nthen liaise with their embassies here,\u201d he said when asked about the\nminister\u2019s role in addressing investment bottlenecks.<\/p>\n<p>Oegroseno said the Foreign Affairs Ministry, through its overseas\nmissions, serves to bridge the interests of foreign investors with the\nIndonesian government. Ideally, he added, foreign investors should first\napproach Indonesian embassies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can contact our embassies first, consult with them, and then\nlook for partners and clear regulations in Indonesia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the government, through the Finance Ministry, has\nestablished a Debottlenecking Task Force to resolve investment issues\nthat hinder economic activity.<\/p>\n<p>The task force is designed as an official channel for businesses to\nreport real-world constraints, which will be addressed through periodic\ndebottlenecking sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis makes it easier to input data, when and where the problem\noccurs. So the Foreign Affairs Ministry can also monitor developments\nand help foreign investors push for faster resolution,\u201d he\nexplained.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said coordination with the\nForeign Ministry was essential to address investment barriers, including\npromoting the task force\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCooperation with the Foreign Affairs Ministry is very important to\ndisseminate this to ambassadors around the world, so that investors who\nwant to come here know where to go if they face obstacles. This will\nhave a significant impact,\u201d Purbaya said.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Indonesia offers 116 new oil and gas blocks to global\ninvestors<\/p>\n<p>Related news: RI\u2019s green energy projects attractive for foreign\ninvestors: minister<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Foreign investors remain committed to investing in\nIndonesia: minister<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia urges investors to use embassies for business issues<\/p>\n<p>May 12, 2026 20:46 GMT+700<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Foreign Minister Arif Havas Oegroseno (right) with Finance\nMinister Purbaya Sadewa (left) delivers a statement to the media after\nthe International Seminar on Debottlenecking Channel at the Ministry of\nFinance office in Jakarta, Tuesday (May 12, 2026). (ANTARA\/Kuntum Khaira\nRiswan)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/indonesia-urges-investors-to-use-embassies-for-business-issues-1778608552",
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