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| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on the second leg of her four-nation Asian tour. | |
| During her brief visit, Mrs Clinton is scheduled to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and other senior officials. | During her brief visit, Mrs Clinton is scheduled to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and other senior officials. |
| They will discuss a range of issues including education and climate change. | They will discuss a range of issues including education and climate change. |
| But Mrs Clinton's visit is also being carefully watched for signs of a new US policy towards the Muslim world. | But Mrs Clinton's visit is also being carefully watched for signs of a new US policy towards the Muslim world. |
| This is in some ways the most intriguing part of her Asian tour. | This is in some ways the most intriguing part of her Asian tour. |
| The symbolism is powerful - her first visit to a Muslim majority country; a stable, democratic country, half a world away from the Middle East. | The symbolism is powerful - her first visit to a Muslim majority country; a stable, democratic country, half a world away from the Middle East. |
| And in a sign of the breadth of expectations Mrs Clinton will face here, her welcoming party included both senior government officials, and students from US President Barack Obama's old school. | And in a sign of the breadth of expectations Mrs Clinton will face here, her welcoming party included both senior government officials, and students from US President Barack Obama's old school. |
| 'Mutual respect' | 'Mutual respect' |
| Mr Obama spent some of his childhood in Jakarta and there is a lot of goodwill among Indonesians towards his new government. | Mr Obama spent some of his childhood in Jakarta and there is a lot of goodwill among Indonesians towards his new government. |
| He has already made it clear he wants a new kind of relationship with the Muslim world, based on "mutual interests and mutual respect". | He has already made it clear he wants a new kind of relationship with the Muslim world, based on "mutual interests and mutual respect". |
| Mrs Clinton's visit will be carefully watched for signs of that new engagement - and also for signs that Washington wants to develop closer ties with South East Asia. | Mrs Clinton's visit will be carefully watched for signs of that new engagement - and also for signs that Washington wants to develop closer ties with South East Asia. |
| Indonesian officials have privately said that is exactly what they are hoping for; that they would welcome closer co-operation with the new US administration. | Indonesian officials have privately said that is exactly what they are hoping for; that they would welcome closer co-operation with the new US administration. |
| Relations between the two governments grew markedly under former President George W Bush, with the normalisation of military ties and cooperation on counter-terrorism, following a spate of bomb attacks by Islamist groups here. | Relations between the two governments grew markedly under former President George W Bush, with the normalisation of military ties and cooperation on counter-terrorism, following a spate of bomb attacks by Islamist groups here. |
| But they deteriorated among the population in general, as a result of US policies in the Middle East, and its invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. | But they deteriorated among the population in general, as a result of US policies in the Middle East, and its invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| That is still what defines most attitudes here. | That is still what defines most attitudes here. |
| Many people say they welcome the symbolism of Mrs Clinton's visit, and are pleased with President Obama's election, but that they do not expect too much real change. | Many people say they welcome the symbolism of Mrs Clinton's visit, and are pleased with President Obama's election, but that they do not expect too much real change. |