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RI`S STANCE AT G-20 SUMMIT SAME AS LONDON STREET DEMONSTRATORS`
Surabaya, Indonesia, April 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia's stance at the just-concluded G-20 summit in London was basically the same as the aspirations of the people who staged street protests there during the meeting.
"Indonesia's stance, my intervention, my statements, my diplomacy at the G-20 forum actually accorded with the views of the demonstrators in London," Yudhoyono told newsmen during his flight from London to Surabaya on Friday.
About 4,000 protesters on the first day of the G-20 forum on Wednesday gathered outside the Bank of England in the heart of London's financial district to voice their aspirations.
The demonstration started peacefully but all of a sudden the protesters clashed with British police after they attacked a nearby branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Bank of England.
The police finally arrested some 63 protesters and at least one officers was taken to hospital for treatment.
According to the President , the protesters voiced various issues related to capitalism, justice and protection of poor people, opposition to war, and environmental safety.
The President then told members of the Indonesian delegation to the G-20 summit that the protesters' aspirations were not something new.
"There is nothing new in the protest rally in London because the issues they raised are the same as what we have all along been struggling for in global forums like the G-20 summit," Yudhoyono said.
The president and his entourage of 89 people arrived at Juanda International Airport here at 11.30 West Indonesia Time (WIB) on Friday morning after flying for 17 hours from London with a one-hour stop-over at Dubai International Airport in United Arab Emirates.
In Surabaya, the president will spend his time of leave from office to attend a Democratic Party outdoor campaign rally in the afternoon, and on Sunday, April 5, 2009, he will appear at more campaign rallies in Yogyakarta, Semarang, and Magelang in Central Java.
During his three-day visit in London, President Yudhoyono held bilateral meetings with several foreign leaders , namely with Japanese Prime Minister TAro Aso, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Prince Charles, and the Duke of York, Prince Andrew.***
"Indonesia's stance, my intervention, my statements, my diplomacy at the G-20 forum actually accorded with the views of the demonstrators in London," Yudhoyono told newsmen during his flight from London to Surabaya on Friday.
About 4,000 protesters on the first day of the G-20 forum on Wednesday gathered outside the Bank of England in the heart of London's financial district to voice their aspirations.
The demonstration started peacefully but all of a sudden the protesters clashed with British police after they attacked a nearby branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Bank of England.
The police finally arrested some 63 protesters and at least one officers was taken to hospital for treatment.
According to the President , the protesters voiced various issues related to capitalism, justice and protection of poor people, opposition to war, and environmental safety.
The President then told members of the Indonesian delegation to the G-20 summit that the protesters' aspirations were not something new.
"There is nothing new in the protest rally in London because the issues they raised are the same as what we have all along been struggling for in global forums like the G-20 summit," Yudhoyono said.
The president and his entourage of 89 people arrived at Juanda International Airport here at 11.30 West Indonesia Time (WIB) on Friday morning after flying for 17 hours from London with a one-hour stop-over at Dubai International Airport in United Arab Emirates.
In Surabaya, the president will spend his time of leave from office to attend a Democratic Party outdoor campaign rally in the afternoon, and on Sunday, April 5, 2009, he will appear at more campaign rallies in Yogyakarta, Semarang, and Magelang in Central Java.
During his three-day visit in London, President Yudhoyono held bilateral meetings with several foreign leaders , namely with Japanese Prime Minister TAro Aso, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Prince Charles, and the Duke of York, Prince Andrew.***
