Minister of Defense Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) would install radar to monitor activities in the country’s waters from Ambalat in East Kalimantan to Tahuna in North Sulawesi. “All the territorial waters in the region from Ambalat to Tahuna would be covered by marine radars,” the minister said on the sidelines of [...]
Indonesia will ratify a nuclear test ban treaty soon, says the foreign minister, after previously deciding to hold off on ratification until the US made the first move. Marty Natalegawa told the House of Representatives on Thursday that he would officially announced the ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) during the Non-Proliferation Treaty [...]
Champions of democracy have praised Indonesia for upholding the concept, at Sunday’s opening of the 6th Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy in Jakarta. In his opening address, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Indonesia was the only country in Southeast Asia that managed to nurture democracy despite challenges such as corruption and marginalization. [...]
Indonesia is ready to consider positively the interest of Russia and the US to participate in the East Asia Summit (EAS), Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said here on Monday. “We are ready to consider it positively if Russia has an interest and if the US is interested in joining the group (EAS),” he said. The [...]
Indonesia will highlight the progress made in Myanmar’s reforms and the implementation of ASEAN blueprints on economic, political, security and sociocultural issues at the 16th ASEAN Summit in Vietnam this week, the Foreign Ministry says. “Indonesia will address the issue of Myanmar at the summit and voice concerns over the urgency to ensure that the [...]
Jakarta has endorsed the expansion of the East Asia Summit (EAS) by welcoming membership for the US and Russia in the 16-strong regional forum. The move marks a shift in Indonesia’s EAS policy, previously geared away from admitting new members. Officials previously said expanding the forum to include the two would risk turning the EAS [...]
US President Barack Obama postponed his planned visit to Indonesia until June 2010. Indonesian presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal confirmed here early on Friday morning that the White House had contacted him directly about the postponement. “The communications is not directly from President Obama to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono but from the White House to [...]
Indonesia has called on Myanmar to allow Aung San Suu Kyi to join the upcoming election after the military junta issued a new regulation, barring the opposition leader from running in the first poll in two decades. Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said “the new regulations were regrettable because the poll should be inclusive.” “The [...]
Indonesia and Australia agreed on Wednesday to enhance cooperation in the fields of politics, economy, people`s welfare and the environment. “During our visit this time we have agreed to cooperate in four areas, namely politics, law and security covering law enforcement, combating terrorism, military cooperation and fighting transnational crimes such as people smuggling,” visiting President [...]
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday afternoon local time is scheduled to be awarded an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia by Australian Commonwealth Governor General Quentin Bryce AC. The conferment will be conducted at the Governor General`s official residence at the Government House in Canberra during a series of courtesy calls of the [...]
