Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, his wife Peng Liyuan, the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, second from left, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, and his wife Iriana Widodo head to a welcome banquet for the 22nd APEC economic leaders' meeting in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. UPI/Ma Zhancheng/Pool |
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Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and is heavily Muslim, although it features a high degree of ethnic and religious tolerance.
In his remarks after the meeting, Obama referred to Indonesia "a thriving democracy and a model for the kind of tolerance and pluralism that we want to see all around the world."
"Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world and has just conducted its presidential election, a cause for the democratic celebration in our country, and it shows that Islam and democracy can go forward."