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By: Abdurrahman wahid
I think it’s imperative for us, also to develop the country not inperspective of national agenda only, but also to talk about it in an International Way. By saying International, I mean first Regional and then International in the sense of the world. I have already called the ASEAN ambassadors to Indonesia and then you know told them our wish to have close-close cooperation with them in the future. And I have asked the my assistant to contact the heads of government in ASEAN that I will visit them as soon as possible. So it will depend when because you know that we are tied to protocolar thing it will be not State visits but informal visits.
First I would like to go to Singapore and then after that to Malaysia, to Burma, to Thailand, and then to Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, no, Vietnam, the Philippines and then Brunei. So you will see that the nine countries of Asia, ASEAN will communicate with each other mostly now, why? because next month there will be a summit meeting of ASEAN and I would like to meet them after I was introduced to, I am introduced to them. That’s why it’s, and we have to do openly everything in the sense and I told the Japanese Ambassador that it’s imperative for me to go to China first officially. Why? because I know their feelings and I know that you would like to have the first visit, official visit as well. But, please defer to the Chinese. So, I will make a stop over in Tokyo for one night to meet your prime minister and your King, yeah, and talk seriously about many things, but more important also that it’s an unofficial visit.
From there I’ll go to Beijing. And because of this and we will be able to communicate freely. And after that, I’ll go to India I’ve already told the Secretary General of the Indian foreign affairs. Of foreign affairs Ministry, that also I would like to visit them. And then, I don’t know whether the American ambassador is here, the current ambassador. I told him and it’s the blessing of people not see that who doesn’t see. that you know, I told him that please for this time, please defer to us, we will not go to you first. And he said, oh good, good, as a diplomat he has to say that. But, my daughter told me that his face was different, and it’s a blessing that I cannot see. So, in this way anyway, and you have to know Paul, that the current ambassador you see it’s very appropriate to become Ambassador. Why? because he said to me, call me Bob, don’t call me Excellency. So I said to him that, call me Gusdur, don’t say Excellency. In this way, then communication could be better, yeah. So, I don’t like formalities. I would like to, yeah, for me the formalities is already too much, because now I have to wear shoe. All the friends who would like to see me have to request, because before everybody can come to my house, any time to my office and so forth, yeah.
Paul is a long time, you know what you say, friend, yeah, who visit me every time he comes to Indonesia. So, because of this and I think that we will be able to make Indonesia stand again in the future. First by doing the right thing morally, and also to concentrate on building the economy once again. And all the foreign policy of Indonesia, all the economic policy, all everything, will be judged from that fact. Another important thing for me to say is, that we will also concentrate on what, on making Indonesia unified again.
Look at Ambon, the Christians and the Muslims massacre at each other. It’s crazy, I don’t want this to happen here,in Bali. Because, the Balinese Hindus for me are the same, like the Muslims of Java or of Sumatra. We have to respect all religions, because of this we have to make them unified. But, now it’s time for religious militancy. We have to differentiate between religious militancy and religious Consciousness. As a man of religion, you see, you may say that I’m a priest in a way. But, I don’t do that because called myself a priest, because that will make people you know afraid of us. So, that as a man of religion then, I deeply respect my religion, but I can communicate with the others. And to show this, you know that I’m still one of the presidents of the World Conference on religion and peace, which has situated in New York now. Bill Fentley is our Secretary General. The Secretary General is more powerful than the chairman, than the president, as usual. So they are, they use the Communist tactics without taking the ideology. So, Bill Fentley will organize a world meeting, a World Conference in Amman next month. And as a president, I have to open that or to give a keynote speech, I don’t know which one, whether King Abdullah would like to open that, well, please. Let’s make him open that and I will give, you know, the opening speech or the keynote speech there.
In this way then, I would like to show that Islam, as well as the others both be unified in their position, is that be human rights, is that be violence. I’m a follower of Mahatma Gandhi in my rejection of sheer power, just to achieve what I would like to have. We need military power, but not to use it in abusive way. So, because of this then it’s important for me, also you know to go to Amman, for that. You know, purpose but you know Frankly, I’m, I regret it that I cannot go to Israel, because there is no yet, not yet a diplomatic relationship between Indonesia and Israel. But, you have to know that I’m a founding member of the Simon Perez Peace Center in Tel Aviv. So, because of this and you know it’s rather difficult, I made a television, you know, signing with the Rabbi. You know, in Jerusalem, many many months ago, to condemn the killing of innocent people through terrorism.
So, because of this then, I regreted that I cannot go to Israel this time, but I hope that in the future we’ll be able to go there. But of course, don’t think that I will open diplomatic relationship with Israel, it’s different thing you know. Going there and having diplomatic relationship is different. Maybe, maybe, we’ll have first time economic ties, economic cooperation, or economic context. In that way, then the state will have a, maybe free trade Mission there or here, I don’t know. Because, still other Arab countries do that also, Morocco and Oman, like that. So, that’s what we’ll do with the Israelis. But, I like to be in communication with the israelians, with the Israelis, because they are like myself. Independent minded, also respecting democracy and most important of all, they have sense of unity. So, because of this and I would like to, you know, to respect to them and hope to see them to use their resources in our, in close cooperation with us and in economy including transportation and other commercial activities.
So, ladies and gentlemen, those are the gift of the matters that I would like to be done by this government, if you trace any lacking of points there, especially Pak Mari Muhammad, please understand because I don’t read. The other presidents are prepared, you see, are preparing their speeches. But for me, it’s just from my understanding of things, from my viewpoint. I have nothing else to guide me. Why? because you cannot hope to get any guidance from the past government. So, I have to begin a new. So, anyway, please give your blessing to me and please help us in our desire to work for economic recovery and after that to do much for wealth Services. Thank you very much.
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Gus Dur setelah dilantik menjadi presiden beberapa kali berbicara di depan jurnalis luar negeri untuk menyampaikan apa saja rencana yang akan dia lakukan. Video ini adalah dokumentasi tim Redaksi RCTI yang diunggah oleh akun resmi RCTI FIles.