President Barack Obama will visit Indonesia next March. According to the White House, Monday (1 / 2) local time, the visit will be an emotional journey with his family to the country of his childhood.
According to spokesman Robert Gibbs as preached AFP, Obama will inaugurate the Comprehensive Partnership in the United States-Indonesia visit. The goal, he said, to deepen the relationship between the two countries.
Last year, Obama said it was looking forward to visiting the old places are often visited in Indonesia. He has been invited to conduct the visit by the President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. And both sides say they will use the relationship of childhood Obama with Indonesia to strengthen another important relationship Greater Asia Pacific.
Obama has spent most of his childhood in Jakarta, after his mother Ann Dunham married an Indonesian man, Lolo Soetoro. Obama could go to school in Menteng basis between 1967 and 1971. The relationship of childhood and his knowledge of several Indonesian word Obama has made very famous in this country.
In a later visit, Obama also will introduce his wife, Michelle, and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, on the environment where he grew up and some old friends in school.
In addition to Indonesia, said Gibbs, Obama also will pay a visit to Australia. "Obama has been looking forward to discuss a number of issues including green energy, climate change, economic recovery and non-proliferation with the Prime Minister Australia, Kevin Rudd, " he said.
Source: Liputan 6 - Tuesday, February 2
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