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88639
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Indonesia Positive on Japan-Proposed Afghan Police Training
Indonesia Positive on Japan-Proposed Afghan Police Training
Jakarta, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)--Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty
Natalegawa has spoken positively about a Japanese proposal to train Afghan
police officers in his country as part of support measures for the war-torn
nation.
"We appreciate this form of cooperation," Marty said in a recent
interview with Jiji Press, speaking on the proposal made by Japanese Foreign
Minister Katsuya Okada.
This could develop into trilateral cooperation, Marty said.
Jiji Press became the first Japanese media organization to
interview Marty since he took office on Oct. 22.
Indonesia can surely contribute to Afghanistan and this
contribution would be "more real" and have stronger benefits if Indonesia
collaborates with a third party such as Japan, he said.
"In this trilateral cooperation, the aid from Indonesia to
Afghanistan will not only give benefit to Afghanistan but also help to
strengthen the relationship between Indonesia and Japan," Marty said. "So I
call this a win-win-win."
Now, discussions are going on to identify the appropriate form of
cooperation, he said, adding that the proposed training program is one of
the options being considered.
On Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal to create an
East Asian community, Marty said the proposal, along with Australia's call
for an Asia-Pacific community, represents "dynamism" in the region.
Indonesia has "an open mind" to these proposals, he said.
But he said, "We don't have to start from zero." The process of
creating such a regional community already "has been started," through such
fora as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN-related groups,
the East Asia summit and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, he
said.
Indonesia has been playing a central role in regional efforts to
create an ASEAN community in 2015, Marty said, expressing his hopes ASEAN
will serve as a main pillar or a driving force of the envisioned East Asian
community.
Jakarta, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)--Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty
Natalegawa has spoken positively about a Japanese proposal to train Afghan
police officers in his country as part of support measures for the war-torn
nation.
"We appreciate this form of cooperation," Marty said in a recent
interview with Jiji Press, speaking on the proposal made by Japanese Foreign
Minister Katsuya Okada.
This could develop into trilateral cooperation, Marty said.
Jiji Press became the first Japanese media organization to
interview Marty since he took office on Oct. 22.
Indonesia can surely contribute to Afghanistan and this
contribution would be "more real" and have stronger benefits if Indonesia
collaborates with a third party such as Japan, he said.
"In this trilateral cooperation, the aid from Indonesia to
Afghanistan will not only give benefit to Afghanistan but also help to
strengthen the relationship between Indonesia and Japan," Marty said. "So I
call this a win-win-win."
Now, discussions are going on to identify the appropriate form of
cooperation, he said, adding that the proposed training program is one of
the options being considered.
On Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal to create an
East Asian community, Marty said the proposal, along with Australia's call
for an Asia-Pacific community, represents "dynamism" in the region.
Indonesia has "an open mind" to these proposals, he said.
But he said, "We don't have to start from zero." The process of
creating such a regional community already "has been started," through such
fora as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN-related groups,
the East Asia summit and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, he
said.
Indonesia has been playing a central role in regional efforts to
create an ASEAN community in 2015, Marty said, expressing his hopes ASEAN
will serve as a main pillar or a driving force of the envisioned East Asian
community.
