South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak made a special request to Indonesian Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa to visit South Korea’s nuclear facility in Busan, on the sidelines of the latter’s work visit to South Korea, on Tuesday.
“We were asked to undertake the visit,” Hatta said Tuesday in Busan, South Korea, as quoted by kompas.com.
“We hadn’t planned to visit the nuclear facility at all,” he added.
During the visit, Hatta was accompanied by other senior Indonesian officials including Industry Minister MS Hidayat, Investment Coordinating Board chief Gita Wirjawan, and National Economic Committee chairman Chairul Tanjung.
Hatta said Lee had wanted to promote South Korea’s nuclear processing technology, which he said could be applicable in Indonesia.
To sweeten the invitation, Lee had also lent his plane to carry Hatta and his 33-member entourage from Seoul to Busan.
Hatta will be in South Korea until Friday. He is on a mission to deliver President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono’s letter to President Lee, aimed at attracting more Koreans to invest in Indonesia and support its long-term economic goals.
