Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan met his Indonesian counterpart on...
JAKARTA - Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan met his Indonesian counterpart on Thursday as the United States looks to improve ties with an Indonesian special forces unit that have been limited due to human rights abuses in the 1990s.
The United States announced in 2010 that it had lifted its outright ban on U.S. military contacts with the Indonesian special forces unit, known as Kopassus, which was accused of rights abuses in East Timor as it prepared for independence. Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, has in recent years struggled to contain a resurgence in home-grown radicalism inspired in part by the Middle Eastern militant group Islamic State.
“While planning is just starting, the initial concept includes topics such as crisis response, hostage rescue, and safeguarding human rights, among others,” Eastburn said. He added that the training would be with conducted with Kopassus Unit 81.Indonesia has clashed with China over fishing rights around the Natuna Islands detaining Chinese fishermen and expanding its military presence in the area in recent years.
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