President Obama in Indonesia
President Obama visits Bali, Indonesia from November 17 to 19 2011
President Obama recently visited Australia and Indonesia in support of greater U.S. involvement in the Asia-Pacific region. The trip followed the APEC 2011 Summit, which the United States hosted in Hawaii. While in Indonesia, President Obama became the first U.S. president to attend the East Asia Summit, he met with ASEAN heads of state at a US-ASEAN Leaders meeting, and held several bilateral meetings with Asian partners, including Indonesian President Yudhoyono.
According to National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, the recent trip to Asia was an “implementation of a substantial and important reorientation in American global strategy. That is the rebalancing of our efforts towards the challenges and opportunities in Asia on the part of the United States.” During the President’s speech in Canberra before the Australian parliament, he said the United States was “all in” in Asia.
The following fact sheets summarize accomplishments made during the trip and the status of U.S. relationships with regional partners, including Indonesia.
Statements and Fact Sheets
- White House Fact Sheet: ASEAN-United States Leaders Meeting (11/20)
- Fact Sheet: Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact with Indonesia (11/19)
- White House Briefing on Obama Trip to Asia-Pacific Region (11/19)
- Background Briefing on Obama Meetings at ASEAN, East Asia Summit (11/19)
- White House Fact Sheet: East Asia Summit (11/19)
Fact Sheet: U.S. Indonesia Cooperation on Peacekeeping (11/18) - Fact Sheet: Enhancing Food Security in Indonesia (11/18)
- Fact Sheet: U.S.-Indonesia Environment, Climate Cooperation (11/18)
- Fact Sheet: Mobile Money Initiative in Indonesia (11/18)
- Fact Sheet: U.S.-Indonesia Trade and Investment Relationship (11/18)
- Fact Sheet: Indonesia’s Integrated Maritime Surveillance System (11/18)
- President Obama on Burma (11/18)
- White House Briefing on U.S. Engagement with Burma (11/18)
- Obama’s Statement After Meeting with Indonesian President Yudhoyono (11/18)
- Joint Statement by Obama, Indonesian President Yudhoyono (11/18)
- White House Fact Sheet: Indonesia Request for Upgrade of Military Aircraft (11/18)
- White House Fact Sheet: U.S. – Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership (11/18)
- White House Fact Sheet on U.S. – Indonesia Education Partnership (11/18)
- White House Fact Sheet: Expansion of the Peace Corps Indonesia Program (11/18)
- White House Fact Sheet: Global Health Initiative in Indonesia (11/18)
- Fact Sheet: U.S. – Indonesia Collaboration on Science & Technology (11/18)
- President Obama on Boeing, Lion Air Commercial Agreement (11/18)
- Secretary Clinton at ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (11/18)