Admiral Timothy J. Keating - The Commander, U.S. Pacific Command

The TNI`s respect for human rights was also getting better, Commander of US Pacific Command Admiral Timothy J Keating said at a meeting with TNI Chief Gen Djoko Santoso at the latter`s office here on Thursday.

"We also praise the Garuda military contingent (Konga) XXIII-B for its performance while joining the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon," he was quoted by Head of the TNI Headquarters` Information Service Rear Marshal Sagom Tamboen as saying.

Even, the UN had also praised the Konga XXIII-B for its remarkable performance while joining the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), he said.

He further said the TNI and the US Pacific Command had also agreed to step up the existing cooperation and to expand the areas of cooperation.

Under the cooperation agreement signed in 2007, the US offered 138 programs to Indonesia. The programs were divided into five categories, namely training and exercise working group (64 activities), logistics working group (10 activities), communication and ...