In a one-hour meeting with a delegation of US Parliament led by David Drier at the presidential office, both sides discussed a possibility of Indonesia to play its important role for the future of Egyptian democracy.
Presidential spokesman for foreign affairs Teuku Faizasyah said the US Parliament at the meeting with President Yudhoyono also asked about Ahmadiyah case.
Thus to the delegation of US Parliament, Teuku said the Indonesian government was trying to find a win-win solution with Ahmadiyah and to apply an unequivocal legal process to anyone engaged in violent acts.
Meanwhile, David Drier said after the meeting with President Yudhoyono that Indonesia as a democratic and the world`s most populous Muslim country had a 12-year transitional experience from authoritarian country to democratic country.
Dries said that although there were a lot of differences between Indonesia and Arab countries, he expressed optimism that Arab countries would take a lesson from Indonesian democracy.
"Latest development in Egypt was mentioned at the meeting and how the two countries cooperate in directing the transition process from
Indonesia`s experience. In various experiences and opportunities, Indonesia and the United States will play their enthusiastic roles," Drier said.
Drier was of the opinion that the development in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain, and Libya was something inevitable because the people of those countries wanted to have the right of self determination.
According to him, the movement of the people of those countries was good for the sake of their freedom and right of self determination.
Besides discussing the development in Egypt, the US delegation who had visited Indonesia for five times also talked about Thai-Cambodian border issue with President Yudhoyono.(*)
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