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Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, Siswo Pramono, said Indonesia and Australia have a variety of resources that have the potential to strengthen collaboration in the green transition, one of which is related to the development of electric cars.

As a keynote speaker at the International Symposium on Critical Metals for Battery Production at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, Monday (15/7), Ambassador Siswo Pramono said both countries have qualified experts in developing the energy transition. He encouraged cooperation between Indonesian and Australian researchers to find the most efficient green energy solutions that can be implemented in both countries.

He also highlighted the key natural resources in battery production that both countries have. Indonesia has nickel and Australia has lithium.

According to him, Indonesia and Australia have an umbrella for cooperation in the energy transition and development of electric vehicles in the form of a memorandum of understanding signed in 2023.

The Ambassador said The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement also makes the green energy transition one of the priorities of bilateral cooperation. Therefore, it is very appropriate for Indonesia and Australia to strengthen cooperation in developing electric vehicles.

Moreover, the high level of demand for electric vehicles in Australia also provides export potential for Indonesia which is now able to produce its own cars and electric motorbikes.

One of the speakers at the symposium, the Indonesian Head of the Nanotechnology and Materials Research Organization, National Research and Innovation Agency, Professor Ratno Nuryadi, presented a number of research in battery development and recycling.

Meanwhile, Education and Cultural Attaché of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, Mukhamad Najib, explained the presence of the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia at the symposium was within the framework of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra's Ambassador goes to campus program. He hopes that the symposium can encourage collaboration between Indonesian and Australian researchers and institutions in the field of energy transition and development of electric vehicles.