JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in a closed-door meeting at the office of the outgoing Jakarta Governor at the City Hall on Monday (Oct. 13) morning, BBC Indonesia reported.
The two has discussed about possible cooperation between Facebook and Jokowi’s administration.
After the meeting, Jokowi told the press that he asked Zuckerberg to not just see Indonesia as a mere great potential market with 70 million Facebook users in the country.
The former Surakarta Mayor said Indonesia should also get benefits from the cooperation. The social media like Facebook should drive the local economy, Jokowi said.
Zuckerberg, meanwhile, responded positively by saying he wants to cooperate with the Indonesian government to provide affordable internet services for Indonesian people.
He said Facebook would not only contribute to the local economy in the long run but also help connecting people, including to directly communicate with their leaders.
Jokowi then took Zuckerberg on an impromptu visit or known as blusukan to Tanah Abang Blok A market in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.
Zuckerberg also visited Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java, on Sunday. (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)