[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Rice to visit Indonesia

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Rice to visit Indonesia 

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Jakarta in the second week 
of January, an Indonesian government official confirmed on Wednesday.

Rice's itinerary in Indonesia, however, has yet to be confirmed, said the 
official, who refused to be named because he was not authorized to announce the 
visit. 

Rice's visit will likely give further momentum to U.S.-Indonesia relations. In 
her speech at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank on Dec. 14, she 
said that Indonesia had set an example of how Islam and democracy could 
coexist. 

"One of the things that they have said is that they want to be a voice for 
moderate forms of Islam that understand that democracy ... and Islam are by no 
means enemies of one another and that people of all ethnic groups and all 
heritages and religious heritages can live together," Rice was quoted as saying 
by AP in Washington. "And so we need to support this government, and we're 
trying to do that." 

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is a graduate of the U.S.'s 
International Military Education Program, was seen as a favorable figure by the 
U.S. government. Rice was quoted by AP as saying that a world leader who has 
been trained or educated in the U.S. tends to be more open-minded about America 
and "less given to the kind of caricatures and stereotypes about the United 
States". 

In a recent hearing on Indonesia at the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations 
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Rice's deputy assistant for 
East Asia and Pacific Affairs Eric G. John said that the U.S. wanted to "help 
Indonesia succeed as a modern, democratic power, one that acts as a positive 
force on the global stage and ensures prosperity for its people at home". 

John proposes the areas in which the U.S. could work out to achieve the goals. 
This includes the continuing U.S. assistance for tsunami reconstruction, 
education, the justice sector and for the police and an exchange of contacts 
between congressional/parliamentary delegations, senior officials and student 
exchanges. 

The deputy secretary of state also told the Sept. 15 briefing that the U.S. 
should support Susilo's reformist program and further development of democracy, 
respect for human rights and press freedom in Indonesia and support military 
reform through constructive engagement. Finally, John said the U.S. should 
bolster Indonesia as a ASEAN leader, and as stable democracy.


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