INDONESIA’S Pertamina to Invest $900 Million in Algeria: Minister

Posted by Asia Views | Dec 22, 2023 | 0 |

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State-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina is planning to make an investment worth $900 million in Algeria over the next decades, according to Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. The minister has just concluded a bilateral meeting with her Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf in Algiers. Indonesia’s huge investment in the Algerian energy sector became a key theme during the talks, as Pertamina had long been investing in the North African nation. “We welcomed another plan of investment from Pertamina of $900 million until 2048 in the Algerian energy sector,” Retno said in a press statement on Wednesday. “Pertamina is ready to continue expanding their investment in Algeria, including in new areas such as refinery and decarbonization,” Retno said. Indonesia does not want the economic ties with Algeria to be limited to the petroleum sector. Retno added: “We hope to broaden our economic cooperation beyond the petroleum sector through various joint projects in electricity, mining, renewable energy, and Minister Attaf also mentioned agriculture, fisheries, and other sectors.” The bilateral meeting also saw the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy and mining cooperation. According to Retno, the MoU is expected to strengthen government-to-government (G2G) and business-to-business (B2B) cooperation in the said sectors. Pertamina Internasional EP (PIEP) is part of the oil giant’s upstream subholding and is in charge of handling the working areas overseas. PIEP is operating the working areas in Algeria via the Pertamina Algeria EP (PAEP). Since May 2014, PAEP has been fully operating the Menzel Ledjmet Nord (MLN) oil field of which Pertamina has a 65-percent controlling interest. Read more at: https://jakartaglobe.id/business/indonesias-pertamina-to-invest-900-million-in-algeria-minister

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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

INDONESIA’S Pertamina to Invest $900 Million in Algeria: Minister

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