L’Indonesia continuerà ad essere un partner importante e strategico per gli Stati Uniti anche sotto la nuova amministrazione presidenziale. Così l’ambasciatore americano a Jakarta, Joseph Donovan, il quale ha aggiunto che durante il suo mandato si concentrerà sullo sviluppo degli scambi e degli investimenti tra le due nazioni. Washington e Jakarta hanno stabilito relazioni diplomatiche nel 1949 e da allora hanno collaborato su vari temi.

Indonesia will continue to be an important and strategic partner of the United States under the new US presidential administration, US Ambassador in Jakarta Joseph Donovan said Monday. “Although I cannot predict the future, I can tell you that your country [Indonesia] will remain an important and strategic partner of the United States,” Donovan said, as quoted by the Jakarta Globe newspaper, speaking about the prospects of bilateral ties under the US presidency of Donald Trump. Donovan added that during the tenure the diplomat would focus on development of trade and investment between the two nations. Washington and Jakarta established diplomatic relations in 1949 and had cooperated on various issues since then. According to the US State Department, the two states initiated a Comprehensive Partnership in 2010, which was upgraded to the US-Indonesia Strategic Partnership five years later.