Indonesia's Presidential Palace in Nusantara, East Kalimantan, is pictured during the country’s 79th Independence Day celebrations on Aug. 17, 2024. -- Photo: AFP
JAKARTA (Vietnam News/ANN): The Indonesian government has committed to developing Nusantara city in East Kalimantan into a complete political capital by 2028, one year before President Prabowo Subianto's term ends.
At a recent press conference following a cabinet meeting, Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono said that President Prabowo has approved a budget of 48.8 trillion IDR (over US$3 billion) for legislative and judicial facilities, as well as for ensuring the construction of roads in and around Nusantara and maintaining the facilities that have already been built there.
