When Ministers Compete to Woo Global Investors at the B20 Summit

Attracting more investment projects into the country is a side target for the Indonesian government in its G20 presidency.

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From right to left: Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno, Financial Services Authority Chairman Mahendra Siregar, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, and Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif speaking at the opening of the B20 event in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Sunday (13/11/2022).

The long series of events at the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Badung, Bali, has served as moments for the Indonesian government (as this year's event president) to attract investment from global businesses that are part of the countries attending the G20 forum, a venue that represents a group of countries with the largest economies in the world.

A sense of unflinching "persuasion" was explicitly conveyed at almost every opportunity throughout the G20 Summit over the last few days.