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Security
Recently, security cooperation between Indonesia and the United States has increased noticeably.
Today, exchanges and training occur at almost every level. At a senior level, top officials from both governments
participate in a regular security dialogue. At an operational level, Indonesian and American intelligence, police, and
military personnel continue to pursue terrorists together. And, at an individual level, American experts help train
Indonesian police officers in dog handling and other specialized fields.
Security Dialogue
During their September 2001 meeting in Washington, Presidents Bush and Megawati agreed to establish a
bilateral security dialogue for periodic exchanges of views between representatives of each nation’s civilian defense
policy establishments.
The Indonesia-United States Security Dialogue provides a venue for senior-level representatives from each nation’s
respective ministries dealing with security and defense issues to periodically exchange views on a wide range of security
and defense issues. As a result of this dialogue, each side is expected to enhance its understanding of the other’s
position, perception and policies on strategic and security issues.
The goal of the U.S. Government is to establish a regular policy dialogue between our civilian-led
ministries on security issues that face both our nations in this region. As a result of the discussions, the co-chairs
of the meeting may establish other groups that would meet outside of the Dialogue to discuss issues more in-depth.
For more information about Indonesia-U.S. Security Dialogue, here are the joint statement of each of the Security Dialogue.
- Joint Statement, Indonesia - US Security Dialogue V
- Joint Statement, Indonesia - US Security Dialogue IV
- Joint Statement, Indonesia - US Security Dialogue III
- Joint Statement, Indonesia - US Security Dialogue II
- Joint Statement, Indonesia - US Security Dialogue I
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