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        "msgid": "gus-dur-to-delay-trip-to-australia-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-11-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "Gus Dur to delay trip to Australia",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Gus Dur to delay trip to Australia JAKARTA (JP): In observance of the Ramadhan fasting month, beginning later this month, President Abdurrahman will delay his visit to Australia until January, Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab said on Tuesday. \"The fasting month of Ramadhan will begin from the end of this month until December ... I told Gus Dur (Abdurrahman's nickname) it would be better (to visit) in January,\" Alwi told journalists at the presidential palace.",
        "content": "<p>Gus Dur to delay trip to Australia<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): In observance of the Ramadhan fasting month,<br>\nbeginning later this month, President Abdurrahman will delay his<br>\nvisit to Australia until January, Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab<br>\nsaid on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\"The fasting month of Ramadhan will begin from the end of this<br>\nmonth until December ... I told Gus Dur (Abdurrahman's nickname)<br>\nit would be better (to visit) in January,\" Alwi told journalists<br>\nat the presidential palace.<\/p>\n<p>But Alwi confirmed a bilateral ministerial meeting between<br>\nIndonesia and Australia, scheduled in mid-November, was still on.<\/p>\n<p>Alwi said last month that he, Minister of Trade and Industry<br>\nLuhut Binsar Panjaitan and Coordinating Minister for the Economy<br>\nRizal Ramli would visit Australia on Nov. 25 and Nov. 26 to pave<br>\nthe way for Abdurrahman's visit.<\/p>\n<p>Many were surprised when Abdurrahman announced last week that<br>\nhe would go ahead with his visit to Australia at the end of this<br>\nmonth as Alwi previously said that the President would not make<br>\nany overseas trip during the fasting period, set to begin either<br>\non Nov. 26 or Nov. 27.<\/p>\n<p>The President's planned visit to Australia has already been<br>\ndelayed several times following strong opposition from the House<br>\nof Representatives and other political figures.<\/p>\n<p>The President has been sharply criticized for making too many<br>\noverseas trips and putting global issues before domestic<br>\nproblems.<\/p>\n<p>Ties between Jakarta and Canberra deteriorated sharply last<br>\nyear after Australia led an international peacekeeping force to<br>\nEast Timor after the UN-organized ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Abdurrahman said that during his Australia visit he would<br>\nraise several issues affecting bilateral ties, including the<br>\nindependence movement in Irian Jaya. (byg)<\/p>",
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