Asia-Pacific

US President's visit to benefit Indonesia: official

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-11-10 09:12

JAKARTA - Speaker of Indonesia's People Consultative Assembly Taufiq Kiemas said that visit by the United States President Barack Obama to Indonesia will bring many benefits to his country, detikcom online news reported on Tuesday.

Kiemas said he believes that there are many positive things to be garnered by meeting of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Obama.

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"I think there will be many advantages (for Indonesia) from the visit as Obama leads a developed country. We are sure that President Yudhoyono will deliver many things related to G20 that will increase Indonesia's economy,"said Kiemas.

On the other hand, Obama's visit is not without any interest as the US has many interests on Indonesia, he said.

"The US has interest on Indonesia as we are a good market for American products. Besides, next year Indonesia will chair ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations),"he said.

Vice Speaker of House of Representative Pramono Anung said he was hoping that Obama's visit would not be just his 'reunion' in Indonesia.

"Hopefully, President Yudhoyono will deliver problems related to the US mining problems that put much loss for Indonesia," he said.