ASEAN Youth Ambassadors Prepare to Visit the U.S.
Jakarta, June 5 –- U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires John A. Heffern (back
row, center) met with eleven Indonesian ASEAN Youth Ambassadors before
they departed on their three-week visit to the United States. The
Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs selected 20 university-age
students among 4510 potential candidates as ASEAN Youth Ambassadors to
promote ASEAN Awareness and Indonesian culture to the rest of the world.
The U.S. Embassy selected eleven students to participate in a
U.S.-funded International Visitor Leadership Program. During their trip,
the Youth Ambassadors will travel around the U.S. and examine the
political and economic relationship the U.S. has with Indonesia and
other ASEAN nations.
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