1. Saya menyambut baik pelaksanaan Pemilihan Umum Presiden dan Wakil Presiden putaran kedua yang telah berlangsung dalam suasana aman dan damai. Saya baru menerima laporan dari Ketua Misi Pemantau Pemerintah Jepang, Bapak Yutaka IIMURA, Duta Besar Jepang untuk Indonesia, bahwa sejauh pengamatan mereka, di tiap TPS yang dikunjungi, proses Pemilihan Umum Presiden dan Wakil Presiden putaran kedua secara umum telah terlaksana dengan adil dan aman.

2. Pemerintah Jepang gembira menyaksikan semakin berkembangnya proses demokratisasi di Indonesia serta ingin bersikap proaktif dalam melanjutkan pemberian bantuan dan dukungan terhadap upaya Indonesia dalam meneruskan reformasi.

1. Japan welcomes that the Presidential Elections in Indonesia on September 20, 2004 were conducted peacefully. We have received reports from the Japanese Government Observer Mission, led by Mr. Yutaka Iimura, Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia, that as far as the Mission members could ascertain, the election process at each polling stations was conducted peacefully and in a overall fair manner.

2. Japan congratulates the consolidation of democracy in Indonesia through this year’s election process and renews its intention to cooperate actively with Indonesia and to extend assistance to its continued reform efforts.

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