PAKISTAN'S DISPLACED PERSONS CRISIS -- ENGAGING

UNCLAS JAKARTA 000953 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, SCA/PB, PRM/ECA PRM FOR N. HASTINGS NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PREF ID PK SUBJECT: PAKISTAN'S DISPLACED PERSONS CRISIS -- ENGAGING INDONESIA REF: A. STATE 55536 ¶B. JAKARTA 885 AND PREVIOUS ¶1. (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche re Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Pakistan to Cicilia Rusdiharini, Deputy Director for American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on June 2. We underscored that the situation in Pakistan was in a critical phase and that the Pakistani government needed urgent assistance regarding the unfolding humanitarian crisis. We noted that the United States has already announced significant support to Pakistan. Many other countries had already responded positively to the UN's appeal for international assistance. We urged Indonesia, as a leading Muslim-majority democracy, to consider urgently contributing to this humanitarian effort. ¶3. (U) Rusdiharini said GOI officials were still reviewing the matter based on our previous demarche. She promised that Indonesia would consider USG views on the subject. ¶4. (U) Mission is also in contact with other Missions of countries that have contributed to the UN appeal, such as Japan and South Korea, urging them to join in the approach to the GOI. HUME