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From 23 to 25 March, senior political and military leaders from the entire Asia-Pacific region and beyond gathered in Jakarta. The Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono welcomed the more than 1,000 attendees of the first-ever Jakarta International Defence Dialogue (JIDD), inviting them to discuss key issues of international security and stability with a fresh and open mind.
In the presence of the Foreign Minister of Brunei Darussalam Prince Mohammed Bolkiak, the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Teo Chee Hean, the Prime Minister of Timor Leste Xanana Gusmao and senior officials from 40 countries, the Indonesian President underlined the need for enhanced regional and global security cooperation. Yudhoyono said the international security challenges had become more inter-connected than ever before and required new and creative approaches to strengthen good governance and overcome instability across the globe. "We are seeing cases where disputes between religious groups can turn harmonious communities into sworn enemies overnight," the President said. He was determined to broaden his country’s national and multilateral partnerships, in particular in the fields of combating terrorism and transnational crimes and contributing to international peacekeeping and emergency relief operations. The new theme of Indonesia’s foreign policy was “a million friends and zero enemies”.
Dr Stefanie Babst, Acting Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, is the first NATO official visiting Indonesia. She delivered a speech on NATO’s evolving partnerships, underlining the Allies’ interest to deepen political dialogue and wherever possible practical cooperation with Indonesian and other countries of the region. Recalling NATO’s practical assistance in the post-Tsunami reconstruction effort in 2005 in Aceh, Babst invited the Indonesian government to build upon the existing political contacts with the Alliance and deepen formal and informal discussions about security issues of common concern.
The JIDD is meant to become the region’s principal security coordination mechanism for the Asia-Pacific region. Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste and the United States are among the many participating countries.
Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country with a population of 231 million. NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero and the Indonesian Ambassador to Brussels Arif Havas Oegroseno met in October last year, agreeing to enhance dialogue between the two parties.