---------------------------------------------------------- The US government makes available 55.000 GREEN CARDS (permanent residence visa) in a random lottery. Visit http://www.us-immigration.org for details on how to play the GREEN CARD LOTTERY -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Indonesia Daily News Online http://www.indo-news.com/ Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Antara, 20 September 2000 EXPERT: US TO MEET WITH DIFFICULTIES IN IMPOSING EMBARGO ON RI Surabaya, Sept 20(ANTARA) - The United States will find difficulties in imposing an embargo on Indonesia because of the sheer vastness of its territory, an expert on international relations said. Basis Susilo, an expert on international relations at the Surabaya-based Airlangga University, was of the opinion that Indonesia was not like Iraq which was small in territory. "Besides, the US government has on many occasions stated its intention to see Indonesia become a democratic country. Now , if Indonesia is isolated, the result will be a reversal of the democratization process," he said. Basis made the remarks in response to UN Defence Minister William Cohen`s threat to clamp an embargo on Indonesia , unless the Atambua incident was settled as expected by that country. According to him, Indonesia has been long dependent on the US and if an embargo is really imposed on Indonesia , it will bring about a longer impact. "Even if the US threat is serious, I think the US will take a cautious step before imposing it . It would first see whether Indonesia had really proven to overcome the refugee problem in Atambua," he said. Therefore, the government of Indonesia should not be afraid with the threat, as the coordinating Minister for Social, Politics and Security Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono himself was trying hard to deal with the issue either at the request of the US or not. "With Minister Susilo`s seriousness, I think the US threat will not materialize, as Indonesia is the biggest in the Southeast Asia region and the US itself also had a stake in democratization in Indonesia," he said. "Should the threat be serious, it will be the UN itself which will suffer the losses. The process of democratization in Indonesia will be negated," he said. (U/SBY08/SBY10/RSI- 03/23:05/IAJM-00:25/C/ri2) 2009000039 NNNN ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 21 Sep 2000 jam 06:42:37 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
