U.S. envoy to meet cleric Gymnastiar

U.S. envoy to meet cleric Gymnastiar

JAKARTA: U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Ralph L. Boyce will
visit Bandung on Nov. 25 and Nov. 26, as part of his ongoing
series of visits to important centers outside of Jakarta,
according to a U.S. Embassy statement, released on Thursday.

During his visit, Ambassador Boyce and his party will visit
the Darut Tauhid pesantren (Islamic boarding school) to meet with
Muslim cleric Abdullah Gymnastiar. The ambassador will also
attend a breaking of the fast meeting at the Police Officers
School (SESPIM), at which Gymnastiar will speak.

The ambassador will also call on the West Java governor, visit
the Bandung Institute of Technology to meet its rector and senior
staff as well as to see a joint USAID-ITB project on emergency
preparedness and to visit the Salman Mosque at the institute.

On Tuesday, Ambassador Boyce will visit Padjadjaran University
to meet the rector and speak to students and staff. --JP