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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The United States (USA) granted a visa to the Indonesian Defense Minister, Prabowo Subianto. This is surprising after 20 years of Prabowo being blacklisted. How I can?
Penatgon, through United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, even invited Prabowo to Uncle Sam’s country. Prabowo planned to leave for the United States on October 15.
Citing ArabNews, experts see the invitation as Washington’s tendency to ignore past human rights violations by influential figures in the Indo-Pacific region.
“This is a way for the Trump administration to show the countries in which it is involved that the United States will not interfere much in the internal affairs of these countries,” Suzie Sudarman, professor of American studies at the University of Indonesia, was quoted as saying. Arab News.
Prabowo himself is now a civil servant. This position is considered to represent countries that have the potential to source US defense products.
“If the visit results in an agreement, Trump will say something about securing an agreement to reinforce the slogans ‘America first’ and ‘Make America great again,'” he said.
He added that Prabowo was unlikely to experience the same treatment as former TNI chief General Gatot Nurmantyo, who was banned from boarding a plane to the US in October 2017 despite an official invitation from his US counterpart. .
According to Sudarman, with his family background, Prabowo has always leaned toward the United States, which made him somehow “accepted” there, despite allegations of human rights violations. His visit was also deemed “less risky” for Trump’s image ahead of the US presidential election.
Riefqi Muna, a foreign policy researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, told Arab News that Prabowo’s visit to the United States as minister was only a matter of time. This is because Indonesia and the United States have had good defense cooperation.
“I hope it brings home the good news that Indonesia can have better access to modern military equipment and opens the door for our military officers to train in the United States,” Muna said, still quoted by ArabNews.
He also added that Indonesia may be planning to buy American combat equipment. This F-35 fighter jet made in Uncle Sam’s country will be one of the topics discussed by Prabowo and Esper.
Previously, American media reported The Politicio, the United States had decided to grant a visa to Prabowo as a condition for entering Uncle Sam’s country. This was also confirmed by Prabowo’s spokesman, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak.
This is related to the Pentagon’s invitation from US Defense Minister Mark Esper on October 15-19. “This invitation is to continue detailed discussions related to bilateral cooperation in the defense sector,” he said at a press conference hosted by CNBC Indonesia.
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