President Obama meets with President Yudhoyono of Indonesia (ANP)
US President Barack Obama met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on Sunday to boost bilateral ties.
Obama said that bilateral relations would be enhanced with the completion of a comprehensive partnership agreement that would cover a wide range of areas like education, working on clean energy issues, expanding the Peace Corps' presence in Indonesia and counterterrorism issues.
"As many of you know, I have some historic ties to Indonesia, but I am also extraordinarily impressed with the progress that Indonesia has made in developing its democracy," Obama said after the meeting.
"Indonesia is not only regionally important, but as a member of the G20, as one of the world's largest democracies, as one of the world's largest Islamic nations, it has enormous influence and really is, I think, a potential model for the kind of development strategies, democracy strategies, as well as interfaith strategies that are going to be so important moving forward," he added.
Yudhoyono, meanwhile, said that both leaders were committed to elevating bilateral relation at "higher level" through the comprehensive partnerships.
"I welcome also the future cooperation between Indonesia and the United States in various fields such as trade and investment, education and technology, climate change, food and energy security, countering communicable diseases and also counterterrorism and people-to-people contact," he said.
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