Barack Obama Cancel Shelter to Bali

Deputy Foreign Minister Triyono Wibowo said the President of the United States, Barack Obama certainly stop by to Bali a series canceled his visit to Indonesia on November 9 to 10 2010. "Time is very short visit, so it is not possible Obama to stop in Bali, unless there is a sudden change of schedule in the next few days," he said in Kuta, Bali, on Wednesday.

In the event Countries Meeting Asia-Latin America, he said, Obama was in Indonesia only about one-half days of visits that had been scheduled three days. Relative time is quite short, Obama's planned visit to the island resort, certainly off to do it. "Obama came to Jakarta after a state visit in India," he said.

He said that, after in Indonesia, "penggede" from Uncle Sam is continuing a state visit to South Korea. Wibowo said Indonesia is ready to welcome Obama's visit. In a relatively short time it will have some important agenda to be discussed, especially the bilateral cooperation of two countries in various fields. "We have not seen those benefits, but certainly there will be increasing bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and the United States," he said.

Although the current condition of Indonesia in disaster preparedness, he said, but the agenda has not been a discussion in the meeting between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with Barack Obama. This means, he said, Indonesia would not use the momentum of the visit to ask for help from America, because Indonesia is believed to have more experience in handling disasters.

Certainty of President Obama is not a stopover in Bali, also responded by the provincial government of Bali. Head of Publications and Documentation Bureau of Public Relations and Protocol provincial government of Bali, I Ketut Teneng said, Bali is already well prepared to welcome the arrival of Obama. "We actually were ready to accept the coming of Obama, because kehadirnya in Bali will be a positive impact on island tourism," he said.