PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE -- URGING HIGH-LEVEL

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 000633 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, SCA, SCA/P (GOODMAN AND FOLEY) NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/07/2019 TAGS: PREL PGOV ID PK AF JA SUBJECT: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE -- URGING HIGH-LEVEL GOI PARTICIPATION REF: STATE 32712 Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d). ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia supports the April 17 Japan/World Bank-sponsored Donors' Conference for Pakistan, but has not yet finalized its participation. Underscoring the importance of the conference, Mission has urged the GOI to attend at a senior level and to pledge support for Pakistan. The Japanese Embassy told us that the GOJ has also pressed for Indonesian participation at the highest levels. END SUMMARY. URGING INDONESIA TO PARTICIPATE ¶2. (C) Per reftel instructions, we have urged Indonesia to attend the April 17 Japan-World Bank Donors' Conference for Pakistan at the highest possible level. Pol/C made USG points to Tri Sukma (Nanu) Djandam, an advisor to President Yudhoyono on April 6. Djandam acknowledged the importance of Pakistani stability and the consference's success. He said Indonesia was reviewing its level of participation, but definitely planned to have representatives present in Tokyo. He said he did not think the Indonesian government would be in position to pledge assistance. PRESSING POINTS WITH INDONESIAN MFA ¶3. (C) Poloff also underscored the importance of the conference to Cicilia Rusdiharini, Deputy Director for American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and to Teuku Faizasyah, Chief of Staff to FM Wirajuda. Poloff reminded Indonesian officials that Pakistan had specifically requested Indonesian attendance. As a leading democracy in the Muslim world, Indonesia could make an important contribution to helping undermine extremism and promoting stability in the Pakistan-Afghanistan region, Poloff noted. Rusdiharini and Faizasyah acknowledged the importance of the conference. GOJ PRESSING AT HIGHEST LEVELS ¶4. (C) Japan has also urged Indonesia to attend at the highest levels. Japanese Embassy First Secretary Daisuke Hihei told poloff that FM Nakasone had sent a letter of invitation to FM Wirajuda last week. PM Aso had also raised the conference with President Yudhoyono during a bilateral meeting on the margins of the G-20 Summit in London. Yudhoyono had told PM Aso that Indonesia fully supported the conference's objectives, but had not yet finalized who would attend, according to Nihei. HUME