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Indonesia Understands Obama Cancellation: Palace
March 19, 2010

A spokesman for President Yudhoyono says Obama A spokesman for President Yudhoyono says Obama's postponement is due to "urgent internal matters". (Bloomberg Photo/Ian Waldie)
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Indonesia understands the reason for U.S. President Barack Obama's last-minute cancellation of his visit to Jakarta and Bali, a spokesman for Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday.

Obama scrapped his plan to visit Indonesia and Australia on Thursday, days before the start of his Asia-Pacific trip, in order to stay in Washington and give a final push for a U.S. healthcare overhaul. The visit will be postponed until June.

"Of course we have made maximum preparations ahead of the visit, but that does not mean we should be disappointed by the delay," said presidential spokesman Julian Pasha.

"The delay of President Obama's visit to Indonesia is related to urgent internal matters, so we understand. Health reform has become a hot issue in the U.S."

The rare cancellation of a presidential trip abroad underscored how Obama's political challenges at home have begun complicating his activity overseas, stirring debate on whether he may have to scale back some foreign policy goals.

Obama had intended to use the March 21-26 trip, his first foreign travel this year, to deepen U.S. ties in the Asia-Pacific region in the face of rising Chinese influence.

Reuters