Jakarta, Dec. 26 -- Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund Danantara has started talks on US access to the country's critical minerals, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said on Friday.

The talks are proceeding alongside Indonesia's efforts to secure tariff exemptions for several natural resource commodities as part of negotiations on the US reciprocal tariff policy.

Hartarto said Danantara is operating under a business-to-business scheme, tasked with facilitating cooperation between Indonesian companies and US firms seeking to invest in the country's critical minerals sector.

"In fact, several US companies have already engaged with Indonesian critical minerals firms," he said.

He stressed that the United States...