DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR INDONESIA TO

UNCLAS JAKARTA 000228 SIPDIS SIPDIS PM FOR FEATHERSTONE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR MASS PGOV PREL ID SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR INDONESIA TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU REF: STATE 5646 ¶1. (U) Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Indonesia National Police (INP) Headquarters Director for Personnel Development BG Hendy and his Chief for International Cooperation, Bekti Suhartono, on January 25. Hendy is the INP's designated point of contact for international training assistance. We presented the demarche jointly with the Political Counselor and the Defense Attache from the Italian Embassy. The Italian Defense Attache also provided a copy of a presentation from COESPU itself on the training program. We emphasized the importance of English-language skills and a commitment to establishing an ongoing train-the-trainer program. ¶2. (U) Hendy and Suhartono responded positively to the invitation, saying they favored Indonesia's participation and noting Indonesia's prior contribution of police peacekeepers to international missions, including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Namibia and Cambodia. They noted the short submission deadline for participants' lists but said the INP would try to assemble the necessary names in time. ¶3. (U) To secure INP participation, they requested that the two embassies send a formal letter of invitation to National Chief of Police Sutanto. (Note: Sutanto visited the United States for consultations with law enforcement counterparts during the week of January 22.) Embassies are sending parallel letters signed by their ambassadors, using information from reftel. Copies of the letter will be delivered to the Office for North American Affairs and the Office or International Security and Disarmament in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). ¶4. (U) Embassy will follow up with Hendy and Suhartono closer to February 2 and after Police Chief Sutanto's receipt of the letter, to confirm Indonesia's intention to participate and ability to provide a list of qualified candidates in time. PASCOE