JAKARTA/NEW YORK -- Indonesia demonstrated its balanced foreign policy on Monday as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo hosted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and top Russian security official Nikolai Patrushev in back-to-back meetings.
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Dec. 13. (Handout photo by the Indonesian Presidential Palace) © Reuters
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