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Obama
says US on track to mend ties with Muslims
Tuesday November 09, 2010 11:12:02 PM,
IANS
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Jakarta:
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday his efforts to mend ties
with the Muslim world were on track but acknowledged that the job
was unfinished.
"I think that our efforts have been earnest, sustained," Obama
said during a visit to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim
country.
"We don't expect that we're going to completely eliminate
misuderstandings and mistrust that have developed over a long
period of time, but we do think that we're on the right path," he
said.
Security issues, the president pledged, would not be the sole
focus for the United States as it moves ahead in building bridges
with the Muslim world.
"Security is important but I want to make sure we're interacting
with a wide range of people on a wide range of issues," he said.
"It's an incomplete project and we've got a lot of work to do,"
Obama added.
In a June 2009 speech in Cairo, Obama laid out his plans to repair
Washington's image in the Islamic world following the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq.
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