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Howard urges world to support Indonesia

January 30, 2005 - 1:29PM
Prime Minister John Howard has called on the world to thwart global terrori=
sm by investing in Indonesia and supporting the country's progress toward d=
emocracy and a stable economy.

As the world's largest Muslim country, Mr Howard told political leaders at =
the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum on Saturday that a stable an=
d democratic Indonesia would dent the hopes of extremist Islamic terrorists=
.

"What happens there is crucial to the view the world has of moderate Islam =
and Islamic fanaticism," he said.

"If moderate mainstream Islam succeeds and democracy remains strong, as it =
appears to be in Indonesia, well that is a huge rebuff to the terrorists be=
cause the terrorists do not want a stable, successful Indonesia.

"I made the point at this meeting that a modern successful country in Indon=
esia is anathema to the terrorists' objectives."

The meeting of 2,500 of the world's political and business powerbrokers dev=
oted much of its second last day on Sunday to the Iraqi elections and Iran'=
s growing nuclear threat.

But Mr Howard also ensured Indonesia was on the agenda in his meeting with,=
 among others, International Atomic Energy Agency director general Mohammed=
 ElBaradei, the presidents of Poland and Norway, US senator John McCain and=
 Arab League secretary Amree Moussa.

"I did take the opportunity of stressing the significance of the transition=
 to democracy that is taking place in Indonesia and how very important it w=
as for the long term fight against terrorism that the manifestation of mode=
rate mainstream Islam was seen to be successful and how very important it w=
as for the world to support Indonesia," he said.

Mr Howard said it was important the world expand its trade and investment w=
ith Indonesia but it was also up to Jakarta to provide a corruption-free en=
vironment to encourage foreign businesses to invest.

He said there had to be changes in Indonesia "to provide appropriate levels=
 of assurance in relation to investment".

Mr Howard attended a session earlier in the day entitled Outlook On Terrori=
sm in 2005.

It focused on the fact that more people were killed at the hands of terrori=
sts in 2004 than in any year since the 2001 attacks on New York.

Kenneth Roth, the chairman of Human Rights Watch, warned that that trend ma=
y continue, especially as human rights violations in Iraq perpetrated by US=
 troops will create more terrorists and bloodshed.

"The pictures from Abu Ghraib (of Iraqi prisoners being tortured) have beco=
me the recruitment posters for terrorists around the world," Mr Roth said.

As with Indonesia's transition to democracy, Mr Howard also said the outcom=
e of Iraq's election on Sunday would play a big role in combating terrorism=
.

"If democracy takes root in Iraq then that is a setback for terrorism and t=
hey're (terrorists) throwing everything they've got as the task of stopping=
 the elections being effective," he said.

Mr Howard also attended a session on China's rapid growth which included mu=
ch anticipated addresses from deputy prime minister Huang Yu and deputy gov=
ernor of the Chinese central bank, Li Ruogu.

Mr Huang urged the world to invest more in China, while Mr Li bluntly told =
outsiders to stay out of the country's decision on when it will take the yu=
an to a floating exchange rate.

Mr Howard also held bilateral talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shauket A=
ziz in which both agreed more work was needed to strengthen the relationshi=
p between the two countries.

He met with Korea's Unification Minister Chung Dong-Young and remained hope=
ful of Australia winning a contract to sell liquefied natural gas to the re=
public.

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