COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES -- INDONESIA LIKELY TO

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 003047 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR G (JKACHTIK),S/P, EAP, EAP/MTS, DRL/MLGA NSC FOR EPHU, WONBODEN, PLETTOW) E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/01/2017 TAGS: KDEM PREL PHUM UNGA ID SUBJECT: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES -- INDONESIA LIKELY TO ATTEND BAMAKO MEETING REF: A. SECSTATE 151024 ¶B. JAKARTA 03006 ¶C. EAP/MTS-JAKARTA EMAIL Classified By: DepPol/C Daniel E. Turnbull, reasons 1.4 (b,d). ¶1. (U) Mission delivered demarche points ref a to Director for Public Diplomacy Umar Hadi and to Director for North American Affairs Harry Purwanto at the Department of Foreign Relations on October 31 and November 1, respectively. Mission is in regular touch with Hadi on this issue and will continue to discuss U.S. themes with him in the run-up to the Community of Democracies (CD) meeting in Bamako. ¶2. (C) Hadi said Indonesia planned to send a senior diplomatic official, possibly an ambassador from a neighboring African country, to the CD meeting. Indonesia was still considering whether to attend the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative meeting on the margins of the CD, and would try to respond more definitely in the next few days. ¶3. (C) Purwanto said Indonesia would not stand in the way of the initiative and recommended that it be as inclusive as possible. He noted that Indonesia supported "homegrown democracy," meaning democracy which emerged from within a country rather than being imposed from the outside. ¶4. (C) Per request ref c, Mission also contacted Australian and Canadian counterparts to solicit support for the ADPD with the Indonesian government. The Canadian Embassy agreed to do so. The Australian Embassy said it would consult with Canberra and get back to us. HUME