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Despite the party's supporters, Democrat, defeated Republican in the general election between the level of the lower house on Tuesday (2 / 11), President of the United States Barack Obama is finally realizing its promise a visit Asia, including Indonesia.
Friday, Obama has departed from Washington and leave the U.S. capital for 10 days to visit India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan.
Accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama, Obama Jumpat morning boarded a helicopter on the South Lawn at the White House to Andrews Air Force Base, and the next U.S. presidential plane Air Force One to Asia.
India will become the first country to disinggahinya, followed by Indonesia, the country where he spent most of his childhood.
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From Indonesia, Obama will continue the journey to South Korea and Japan, to attend G20 summit in Seoul and the APEC summit in Yokohama.
According to U.S. media reports, Obama will be in India for three days, and will conduct various activities in New Delhi, the capital of India, as well as the city's financial center of India, Mumbai.
In countries with a population of 1.2 billion people, Obama will meet with Indian business leaders.
White House touted Obama's expected visit in India produced a number of export deal between the US-India, including possible purchases of Boeing aircraft by India.
Obama is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia on 9 November for two days one night trip.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Marty Natalegawa, through the arrival of Obama, Indonesia and the United States will officially launch a comprehensive partnership, not only in politics and security, but also economic, trade, investment, education, environment, relations between the community and region.
According to the White House, because of the short visit in Indonesia, Obama will not meet with old friends or to visit places in Jakarta that he often visited when he was a child.
However, Obama plans a bit to see Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta with mengunjunggi.
Obama lived in Jakarta when aged 6 to 10 years, following his mother Ann Dunham, who married his stepfather, Lolo Soetoro.
President Barack Obama leave for Jakarta on Tuesday, to visit that will encourage trade relations and U.S. security with Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world.
Reuters reported that a visit to the country where he lived four years as a child was performed after twice deferred because "a problem in the country."
In March he was struggling to pass health care legislation and repeated delays in June, when he faces big cleanup of oil leakage BP.
The delay is disappointing and upsetting some people of Indonesia, and even before this visit is doubtful due to concerns about vukanik ash from Mount Merapi.
Indonesia is an important goal for Obama for a variety of personal and strategic reasons, according to several aides. Indonesia is important as an "ally" the U.S. continues to rise, even though the excitement in connection with the election of Obama has faded since he became president nearly two years ago.
"We regard Indonesia as a crossroads so many major American interests, and we view it as a very important partner for the future of American interests in Asia and the world," said Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Adviser Obama Affairs Strategic Communications.
Jakarta was the second stopover in Obama's 10-day trip to four Asian countries. He has spent three days in India, where the emphasis is on pengembangkan business relationship that could lead to U.S. employment, and later he will visit South Korea, where he attended the G20 summit, as well as Yokohama, Japan, for Asia-Pacific economic meeting.
Comprehensive Partnership
Obama and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono planned to sign the "Comprehensive Partnership", which they agreed last year.
The agreement covers security issues, economic and relationship-per-person, said Jeffrey Bader, Obama's Asian Affairs Advisor.
Obama, who plans to return to Indonesia in 2011 for a summit of Asia, also planned to discuss plans for the visit of President Yudhoyono to the United States.
United States only exported goods worth 6 billion U.S. dollars to Indonesia every year, making it the 37th largest market for American, according to information from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Obama also planned to take advantage of short visits to embrace the Muslim nation. He is scheduled to visit the Istiqlal Mosque, one of the largest mosques in the world, and gave a speech that is expected to open his aides will attract very many people.
First Lady Michelle Obama, who accompanied Obama to India, also joined the visit to Indonesia before returning to the United States.
Obama still received strong support in Indonesia, although confidence in him has declined in other Muslim countries since he made a speech in Cairo, Egypt, June 2009. A long war the U.S. waged in Muslim countries - Afghanistan and Iraq - have already made him losing support among Muslims, and there was no progress in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, which also undermined support for him.
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