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Viewing cable 08JAKARTA58, NEW ASEAN SEC GEN INSTATED; U.S. COOPERATION ABSENT FROM

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08JAKARTA58 2008-01-11 00:30 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Jakarta 
VZCZCXRO9327
RR RUEHCHI RUEHCN RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHJA #0058 0110030
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 110030Z JAN 08
FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7603
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 1398
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 8280
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 1512
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 1859
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 2226
RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0137
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
 
UNCLAS JAKARTA 000058 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/RSP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS 
DEPT FOR EB/IFD/OMA 
DEPT ALSO FOR OES/IET AND OES/ETC/TED 
TREASURY FOR IA-SETH SEARLS 
COMMERCE FOR 4430/BERLINGUETTE 
SINGAPORE FOR BAKER 
 
E.O. 12598: N/A 
TAGS: ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
SUBJECT: NEW ASEAN SEC GEN INSTATED; U.S. COOPERATION ABSENT FROM 
HIGHLIGHTS 
 
1. (U) Dr. Surin Pitsuwan replaced outgoing Secretary General Ong 
Keng Yong as leader of the ASEAN Secretariat in an official ceremony 
on January 7 in Jakarta.  Dr. Surin pledged to continue to advance 
ASEAN's goals of creating a single market, narrowing the development 
gap, and promoting a peaceful and prosperous Southeast Asia. 
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda spoke about the need for 
member countries to embrace the ASEAN Charter and for member country 
citizens to share a common ASEAN identity.  Jacky Foo, Director 
General for ASEAN in the Singaporean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 
closed the ceremony by presenting Singapore's Instrument of 
Ratification of the ASEAN Charter to Dr. Surin. 
 
2. (U) Although Secretary General Ong raised the anniversary of the 
U.S.-ASEAN dialogue in his remarks, he and the other speakers did 
not include the U.S. among their several examples of cooperation 
with dialogue partners.  Ong highlighted areas of collaboration with 
ASEAN's other dialogue partners, including progress on ASEAN's FTAs 
with Korea, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand and the EU. 
 
 
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