Wahid's response was sharp. Globalisation will affect different societies differently. You in India may worry about, say, cottage industries being adversely affected. We in Indonesia are in a different phase of economic growth. We must be clear.
Commerce brings technology, capital, market network.
Cottage industry without being enlarged by capital, technology and market network will not develop. India and Indonesia, according to him, were natural partners for civilisational as well as economic reasons. That is why he had suggested that the leaderships of the two counties, at the highest levels, must meet at least once every year. There are hints that Prime Minister Vajpayee may be visiting Indonesia later in the year. If he does, he must visit Yogajakarta as well.