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PRESIDENT: MOMENTUM IN RI-US ECONOMIC COOPERATION SHOULD BE MAINTAINED
Jakarta, Feb 19 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a talk with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton here Thursday stressed the importance of maintaining the momentum of Indonesian-US economic cooperation amid the current global crisis.
"The president said at the meeting that Indonesia and the United States should not slacken but intensify their economic cooperation amid the conditions created by the global economic crisis," Presidential Spokesman Dino Patti Djalal told the press after the meeting.
Djalal said the value of Indonesia-US trade in 2008 was recorded at US$20.1 billion while US investment in Indonesia stood at US$10.6 billion.
He said President Yudhoyono had described his 45-minute meeting with Clinton as "pleasant and productive."
"At the meeting, the president welcomed the two sides' efforts to build a comprehensive partnership," he said.
Djalal said the idea of an Indonesia-US partnership was raised by President Yudhoyono when he visited Washington DC in December 2008.
"The president stressed the need for Indonesia and the United States to build a strategic partnership," the presidential spokesman said adding that the details of the strategic partnership was now being discussed at technical level.
On the occasion, the president also appreciated the US support for Indonesia's idea about a coral reef protection program and an education program through scholarships for Indonesian students.
Yudhoyono also emphasized the need for United States' involvement in international efforts to overcome climate change problems, owing to the fact that the United States was one of the biggest contributors to gas emission.
Clinton who is on a two-day visit in Indonesia came to the presidential office with a large group of security officers, US State Department and embassy officials and a number of US journalists.
After attending the closed-door meeting and bidding farewell to the president, Clinton unexpectedly approached foreign and domestic journalists who were waiting for her.
The US secretary of state spontaneously approached them to shake hands with newsmen who pushed each other to come as close as possible to the former US first lady.
Clinton who arrived at 2.04 pm on Wednesday is paying a two-day visit in Indonesia from February 18 to 19, 2009. Before she paid a courtesy call on Yudhoyono, Clinton had met with her counterpart Hassan Wirajuda, ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan and a number of Indonesian noted figures.
Indonesia is the second country Clinton is visiting on her maiden overseas tour in her capacity as US secretary of state. She first came to Japan and after Indonesia she would visit South Korea and China.
"The president said at the meeting that Indonesia and the United States should not slacken but intensify their economic cooperation amid the conditions created by the global economic crisis," Presidential Spokesman Dino Patti Djalal told the press after the meeting.
Djalal said the value of Indonesia-US trade in 2008 was recorded at US$20.1 billion while US investment in Indonesia stood at US$10.6 billion.
He said President Yudhoyono had described his 45-minute meeting with Clinton as "pleasant and productive."
"At the meeting, the president welcomed the two sides' efforts to build a comprehensive partnership," he said.
Djalal said the idea of an Indonesia-US partnership was raised by President Yudhoyono when he visited Washington DC in December 2008.
"The president stressed the need for Indonesia and the United States to build a strategic partnership," the presidential spokesman said adding that the details of the strategic partnership was now being discussed at technical level.
On the occasion, the president also appreciated the US support for Indonesia's idea about a coral reef protection program and an education program through scholarships for Indonesian students.
Yudhoyono also emphasized the need for United States' involvement in international efforts to overcome climate change problems, owing to the fact that the United States was one of the biggest contributors to gas emission.
Clinton who is on a two-day visit in Indonesia came to the presidential office with a large group of security officers, US State Department and embassy officials and a number of US journalists.
After attending the closed-door meeting and bidding farewell to the president, Clinton unexpectedly approached foreign and domestic journalists who were waiting for her.
The US secretary of state spontaneously approached them to shake hands with newsmen who pushed each other to come as close as possible to the former US first lady.
Clinton who arrived at 2.04 pm on Wednesday is paying a two-day visit in Indonesia from February 18 to 19, 2009. Before she paid a courtesy call on Yudhoyono, Clinton had met with her counterpart Hassan Wirajuda, ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan and a number of Indonesian noted figures.
Indonesia is the second country Clinton is visiting on her maiden overseas tour in her capacity as US secretary of state. She first came to Japan and after Indonesia she would visit South Korea and China.
