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Thu, 03/18/2010 - 01:32
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YUDHOYONO, OBAMA TO EXCHANGE VIEWS OVER WORLD ISSUES

Jakarta, March 17 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would exchange views with his US counterpart Barack Obama on various international developments.

"(President) Obama will be visiting Indonesia next week and there must be time for us to exchange views on the world developments," the President said when he opened an international seminar themed: "Indonesia Towards 2025" at the State Palace here on Wednesday.

President Yudhoyono said that in post-cold war era after the terrorist attacks on New York targets and after the global economic crisis, the world was now looking for a new order with all of its patterns.

He said that the new world map would give birth to new patters of relations, shifts in world powers and non traditional threats.

Therefore, common efforts are needed to overcome the global challenges. New awareness is also needed along with command of technology, effective global partnership and cooperation as well as peaceful solutions to problems.

Besides the plan to exchange views with Obama, Yudhoyono is also expected to exchange views with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jianbao who is scheduled to visit Indonesia in April 2010.

President Obama will make a state visit to Indonesia on March 23-25, 2010. Owing to the political situation at home regarding the Health Law, the US president will be visiting Indonesia without the accompany of his family as it was initially planned.***

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