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Greenpeace
has invited President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to board its new Rainbow Warrior
ship at the upcoming UN environmental meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
At the
presidential office in Jakarta on Thursday, Yudhoyono met with executives from
the international environmental advocacy group, including Greenpeace
International executive director Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace Asia executive
director Von Hernandez and Nur Hidayati, head of the Greenpeace Indonesia
office.
Naidoo told
a press conference after the meeting that the invitation was in light of the
upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio De Janeiro from June
20-22.
Despite
Greenpeace’s often critical stance on the Indonesian government’s environmental
record, including a one-year-old deforestation moratorium that critics have
lambasted as poorly enforced, Naidoo praised the nation on Thursday for its
“commitment” to environmental issues.
“Indonesia
has shown its commitment not only to environmental issues but also to
encouraging synergy between the economic and environmental sectors and poverty
reduction,” Naidoo said.
“The
results of my discussion with the president show that economic growth,
environmental protection and poverty reduction can go together,” he added.
Naidoo
further said Greenpeace had extended an invitation to Yudhoyono to board its
new Rainbow Warrior ship, which will be christened on the sidelines of the Rio
summit.
He added
that the third Rainbow Warrior was scheduled to visit Indonesia next year. The
first Rainbow Warrior was bombed in 1985, while the second was retired in
August of last year.
Naidoo did
not say, however, whether Yudhoyono accepted the invitation.
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