AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR QUICK AGREEMENT ON SOFA

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 006811

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/31/2016
TAGS: MARR KTIA EAID MOPS PREL ID
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR QUICK AGREEMENT ON SOFA

REF: A. STATE 87329


B. JAKARTA 6773

C. JAKARTA 6770

D. JAKARTA 6656

E. STATE 86516

Classified By: PolCouns Marc Desjardins, reason 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) During a May 31 visit to Yogyakarta, Ambassador
pressed Presidential foreign policy adviser Dino Djalal to
weigh in on the Foreign Ministry's response (ref. B) to our
request for a temporary SOFA agreement in conjunction with
earthquake relief efforts there. The Ambassador told Djalal
that while we could understand that there might be more
extended negotiations for a permanent SOFA between the two
countries, the current emergency situation called for the
rapid adoption of the same solution as the previous two times
last year. Some of the new provisions proposed by the GOI
bordered on the insulting and could not be accepted. He
pressed Djalal to intervene on the matter to resolve it
quickly.


2. (C) Djalal replied that once Foreign Ministry lawyers get
hold of such a document, problems could arise. He said he
would look into the situation.
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