REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Senior Minister Rizal Ramli discussed the Jakarta-Surabaya express train project with a limited circle here on Wednesday.

"It was a mere discussion. There was no meeting. It was still a discussion to explore whether it is possible, logical, or feasible to be implemented," he stated after the meeting.

Ramli, the coordinating minister for maritime affairs who also coordinates the transportation ministry, remarked that the discussion was still in its preliminary stage and had not yet reached a serious level.

He did clarify whether the project would be the continuation of the Jakarta-Bandung fast train project, which had been bagged by China.

"It is still a mere discussion. That issue is very technical," he affirmed.

The meeting was attended by Ramli's deputies, academicians from state Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), the Sepuluh November Surabaya Institute of Technology (ITS), officials from the West Java chapter of the Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), and representatives from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

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