US President Barack Obama reiterated he planned visit to Indonesia to enjoy his favorite food he had during his childhood years in Jakarta.
"I will come to Indonesia to taste again my favorite food like `nasi goreng, bakso, and mie goreng` (fried rice, meat balls, and fried noodle)," Indonesian ambassador to US, Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, quoted Obama as saying in Washington, DC, on Thursday.
The US president has for several times mentioned his plan to visit Indonesia, as he once told his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono recently.
Obama had spent part of his childhoo years in Indonesia, and lived in Menteng Dalam area, Central Jakarta, from 1967-1971.
In a telephone conversation with Antara here, Parnohadiningrat said the US president again mentioned his plan to go to Jakarta at a reception with foreign ambassadors in Washington, DC, recently.
"But the specific date of Obama`s visit to Indonesia has yet to be fixed, and thus we are still waiting for confirmation from the US side," Parnohadiningrat said.
Parnohadiningrat said that in the reception, the US president tried to practice his Bahasa Indonesia when he greeted the Indonesian envoy.
"Hallo, apa kabar? Saya malam ini sudah berbicara Bahasa Indonesia kepada dua orang dan anda orang kedua," (Hallo, how are you? I try to speak Bahasa tonight with two persons and you are the second), Obama was quoted as saying by the Indonesian envoy.
Obama on the occasion spoke Bahasa Indonesia to Algerian Ambassador to US, Abdallah Baali who was accredited to Indonesia in the 1992-1996 period, and also to Parnohadiningrat.
In his conversation with the Indonesian envoy, Obama again expressed the US commitment to helping Indonesian in times of the crisis, especially after the bombings at JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels in Jakarta recently.
Obama made similar commitment through a statement issued by the White House shortly after the Jakarta bombings, and by a telephone conversation with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
"I will come to Indonesia to taste again my favorite food like `nasi goreng, bakso, and mie goreng` (fried rice, meat balls, and fried noodle)," Indonesian ambassador to US, Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, quoted Obama as saying in Washington, DC, on Thursday.
The US president has for several times mentioned his plan to visit Indonesia, as he once told his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono recently.
Obama had spent part of his childhoo years in Indonesia, and lived in Menteng Dalam area, Central Jakarta, from 1967-1971.
In a telephone conversation with Antara here, Parnohadiningrat said the US president again mentioned his plan to go to Jakarta at a reception with foreign ambassadors in Washington, DC, recently.
"But the specific date of Obama`s visit to Indonesia has yet to be fixed, and thus we are still waiting for confirmation from the US side," Parnohadiningrat said.
Parnohadiningrat said that in the reception, the US president tried to practice his Bahasa Indonesia when he greeted the Indonesian envoy.
"Hallo, apa kabar? Saya malam ini sudah berbicara Bahasa Indonesia kepada dua orang dan anda orang kedua," (Hallo, how are you? I try to speak Bahasa tonight with two persons and you are the second), Obama was quoted as saying by the Indonesian envoy.
Obama on the occasion spoke Bahasa Indonesia to Algerian Ambassador to US, Abdallah Baali who was accredited to Indonesia in the 1992-1996 period, and also to Parnohadiningrat.
In his conversation with the Indonesian envoy, Obama again expressed the US commitment to helping Indonesian in times of the crisis, especially after the bombings at JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels in Jakarta recently.
Obama made similar commitment through a statement issued by the White House shortly after the Jakarta bombings, and by a telephone conversation with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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