Identifier
Created
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07JAKARTA2228
2007-08-15 09:56:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
MUSLIM ORGANIZATION OFFERS ASSISTANCE ON KOREAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002228
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TAGS: PREL KISL PTER ID AF PK KS QA
SUBJECT: MUSLIM ORGANIZATION OFFERS ASSISTANCE ON KOREAN
HOSTAGES
Classified By: Joseph L. Novak, Counselor for Political Affiars, for re
asons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002228
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TAGS: PREL KISL PTER ID AF PK KS QA
SUBJECT: MUSLIM ORGANIZATION OFFERS ASSISTANCE ON KOREAN
HOSTAGES
Classified By: Joseph L. Novak, Counselor for Political Affiars, for re
asons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (SBU) Pol/C met August 15 with Rozy Munir, Indonesia's
Ambassador-designate to Qatar. Munir is currently a senior
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) official and chairman of its
international relations committee. NU, a mainstream group,
is Indonesia's largest mass-Muslim organization with an
estimated 35 million followers.
2. (C) Munir related that NU had recently received faxes and
letters from Muslim organizations based in South Korea
requesting NU's assistance re the hostage situation in
Afghanistan. In response, the NU leadership had held
separate meetings with the South Korean and Pakistani
ambassadors and an Afghan diplomat based in Jakarta. NU had
used the meetings to underscore its willingness to help in
any way possible. In addition, NU had been in touch with
various Muslim organizations in Pakistan urging that the
situation be resolved peacefully, with the hostages returned
to safety. NU, he hastened to add, did not have links to
Pakistani or Afghan groups with close ties to the Taliban.
3. (C) He told Pol/C that NU wanted to offer its services to
the USG in case NU could assist in any way. Pol/C thanked
Munir for the information, commenting that it would be sent
to Washington. (Note: NU has also issued public statements
urging that the Taliban release the hostages, though Hasyim
Muzadi, the NU Chair, was also quoted as stating that in his
view the hostage situation hinged on the U.S. response.
Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's other large Muslim organization,
has also called for the release of the hostages. End Note.)
4. (U) Bio Notes: Munir, age 64, is from East Java(will
take up his post in Qatar in October, having recently
received agrement from the Qatari government(received Master
of Science in Public Health from the University of Hawaii in
1977(speaks good, accented English(seeks to establish a
good relationship with the US Embassy in Doha(previously
chaired center for research on development at University of
Indonesia(State Minister for State-Owned Enterprises under
former President Abdurrahman Wahid(closer to Wahid than to
current NU chairman Hasyim Muzadi(has three children(his
father was a prominent cleric and NU member.
HUME
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, S/CT, SCA, EAP/MLS, INR/EAP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/15/2017
TAGS: PREL KISL PTER ID AF PK KS QA
SUBJECT: MUSLIM ORGANIZATION OFFERS ASSISTANCE ON KOREAN
HOSTAGES
Classified By: Joseph L. Novak, Counselor for Political Affiars, for re
asons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (SBU) Pol/C met August 15 with Rozy Munir, Indonesia's
Ambassador-designate to Qatar. Munir is currently a senior
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) official and chairman of its
international relations committee. NU, a mainstream group,
is Indonesia's largest mass-Muslim organization with an
estimated 35 million followers.
2. (C) Munir related that NU had recently received faxes and
letters from Muslim organizations based in South Korea
requesting NU's assistance re the hostage situation in
Afghanistan. In response, the NU leadership had held
separate meetings with the South Korean and Pakistani
ambassadors and an Afghan diplomat based in Jakarta. NU had
used the meetings to underscore its willingness to help in
any way possible. In addition, NU had been in touch with
various Muslim organizations in Pakistan urging that the
situation be resolved peacefully, with the hostages returned
to safety. NU, he hastened to add, did not have links to
Pakistani or Afghan groups with close ties to the Taliban.
3. (C) He told Pol/C that NU wanted to offer its services to
the USG in case NU could assist in any way. Pol/C thanked
Munir for the information, commenting that it would be sent
to Washington. (Note: NU has also issued public statements
urging that the Taliban release the hostages, though Hasyim
Muzadi, the NU Chair, was also quoted as stating that in his
view the hostage situation hinged on the U.S. response.
Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's other large Muslim organization,
has also called for the release of the hostages. End Note.)
4. (U) Bio Notes: Munir, age 64, is from East Java(will
take up his post in Qatar in October, having recently
received agrement from the Qatari government(received Master
of Science in Public Health from the University of Hawaii in
1977(speaks good, accented English(seeks to establish a
good relationship with the US Embassy in Doha(previously
chaired center for research on development at University of
Indonesia(State Minister for State-Owned Enterprises under
former President Abdurrahman Wahid(closer to Wahid than to
current NU chairman Hasyim Muzadi(has three children(his
father was a prominent cleric and NU member.
HUME