Indonesia opens 11 representative offices worldwide

JAKARTA, Dec. 29, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Indonesia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday opened 11 representative offices worldwide, aiming to increase bilateral relationship and to dig economic potentials, among others.
The eleven representatives consist of Permanent Envoy of Republic of Indonesia in the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta, embassies in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Oman, Mozambique, Panama, Ecuador, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and a consulate in Tawau of Malaysia.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said that the existence of the representatives is expected to increase bilateral ties in various fields, including providing service and legal protection for Indonesian migrant workers overseas.
"With the opening of the 11 representatives, now Indonesia has 130 representatives worldwide," said Natalegawa in his opening remarks.
According to him, this is the concrete form of Indonesia's interest in the world and the country's commitment to tie good relationship with countries.
"International awareness is a necessity in addressing global problems and this is one of Indonesia's diplomacy contributions to promote economic development, to consolidate democracy and to grow social justice," said Natalegawa.
He said the opening of representatives in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan of Central Asia is very important as the countries are two of global energy sources.
"It means that this could help us achieve energy security," he said.
Meanwhile, he added, the opening of representatives in Oman and Bahrain will fortify ties in Gulf area as well as to maximize protection for Indonesian migrant workers.
"The same goal is aimed by setting a representative in Talau of Malaysia," said Natalegawa.
Meanwhile, he said, Indonesia has an interest to open non- traditional markets in Latin America and Central Europe.
According to him, the new 11 representatives will be the front- line for people-to-people relationship and tourism.
Later, Natalegawa told reporters that Indonesia aims to open other 21 representatives.
"It doesn't mean that we don't have bilateral relationship with 21 countries in which we want to open representatives," said Natalegawa.
He said Indonesia aims to build representatives around the world except in Israel, citing its support for Palestine's independence.
Chairman of Parliament's Commission I Mahfudz Siddiq told reporters that the Foreign Ministry could develop a special diplomacy with informal and cultural approach in those countries.
"Now we only have Mr. Alwi Shihab as a special envoy. We need other officials to do the same job," said Siddiq.

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Indonesia's dragons draw tourists to 'Jurassic' islands

In this recent yet undated handout photo released by the Komodo National Park on December 17, 2010 two male Komodo dragons fight over a female dragon during courtship in Komodo island. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO /ANDE KEFI /KOMODO NATIONAL PARK

By Jerome Rivet

KOMODO ISLAND, Wednesday 22 December 2010 (AFP) - They don't breathe fire but Komodo dragons -- the largest lizards in the world -- can kill a buffalo or any one of the intrepid tourists who flock to their deserted island habitats.

"I feel like I'm in the middle of Jurassic Park, very deep in the past," said Hong Kong visitor Michael Lien during a recent trip to Komodo Island, the main habitat of the threatened Indonesian lizards.

Spread out before him is a landscape from the dawn of time -- mountainous islands with palm trees plunging down to the azure sea. Lien and his wife are excited and a little nervous at the same time.

"What am I supposed to do if a dragon appears suddenly?" he asks Johnny Banggur, the guide on a tour of the island, an almost uninhabited speck in the east of the vast Indonesian archipelago.

Armed with 18 years experience and a hefty club for good measure, Banggur dispenses some welcome advice: don't wander from the track and stay with the group.

Three metres (10 feet) long and weighing up to 70 kilograms (150 pounds), Komodo dragons are lethargic, lumbering creatures but they have a fearsome reputation for devouring anything they can, including their own.

They prefer to scavenge for rotting carcasses, but can kill if the opportunity arises.

Scientists used to believe their abundant drool was laced with bacteria that served to weaken and paralyse their prey, which they stalk slowly but relentlessly until it dies or is unable to defend itself.

But new research has found the lizards are equipped with toxic glands of their own. One bite from a dragon won't kill you, but it may make you very sick and, eventually, defenceless.

In 2007 a nine-year-old boy went into the bushes to answer a call of nature and never came back. In 1974 a Swiss man disappeared during a bird-watching walk. His glasses and camera were all that was ever found.

Komodo dragons have appalling table manners but at least they finish their dinners -- bones, hoofs and all.

Banggur explains that dragons can devour half their own weight in a single meal. Reassuringly, he adds that they "prefer" buffalo, deer or wild boar and the danger to humans is "very limited".

Even so, the Liens have no intention of going anywhere near the menacing reptiles, with their yellow, forked tongues, powerful jaws and sharp claws.

About 2,500 dragons live on the island named after them ("komodo" means dragon in Indonesian). Along with neighbouring Rinca island, it is the main dragon habitat in the Komodo National Park, created in 1980 to preserve the ancient species.

The island's brave human inhabitants -- about 2,000 in all -- used to hunt wild boar and deer, thereby competing with the lizards for food. Now they are the dragons' chief guardians.

"On Komodo, everything is done for the peaceful cohabitation of humans and dragons," park manager Mulyana Atmadja told AFP.

Visitors pay to set foot on the islands and take guided tours on designated tracks, always in the company of a ranger. Some 40,000 tourists are expected this year, 90 percent of them foreigners.

"We need to act carefully because an excessive number of visitors will trouble the Komodos' natural habitat," Atmadja said.

US environmental group The Nature Conservancy has helped the Indonesian authorities shift the local economy into one that sustains both the human and reptilian inhabitants.

The villagers still fish but no longer compete with the dragons for food. To supplement their incomes they have the exclusive right to sell Komodo miniatures, pearls and other souvenirs.

"We've done campaigns to raise the locals' awareness and provide other sources of income for them. The more tourists who come to visit, the more money they can earn," the park chief added.

It's worked so well the park managers were able to stop feeding the dragons in 1990. Some of the lizards had apparently forgotten how to fend for themselves and simply waited for tourists to offer them live goats.

Komodo Island is already listed as a World Heritage site by the United Nations, and there is now a push to include it on a list of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.

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'Indonesia can take ASEAN to greater heights in 2011'

JAKARTA (Xinhua) - ASEAN Secretary General (SG) Dr. Surin Pitsuwan said that Indonesia can bring the regional pact to reach new heights during its chairmanship in 2011, according to a statement released by the ASEAN secretariat here on Monday.

"With her own profile in the international arena, her credentials and credibility as an active player of the developing world and emerging economies, a rightful member of the G-20, Indonesia can bring ASEAN along in its engagement with the world and bring ASEAN to a new height," said Surin when he was invited to attend an Indonesia's cabinet meeting on Friday.

Surin also said that he expected Indonesia to adopt a proactive role in its leadership of ASEAN "an enhanced role of the Chair, " as he described it to Kabinet Indonesia Bersatu II (Second United Indonesia Cabinet).

"Indonesia has a weight, an international legitimacy and a global appeal to draw tremendous support and attention from around the world to the ASEAN community building efforts that we are all engaging in now," Surin added.

"The theme that Indonesia has chosen for its Chairmanship, ' ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations', has already implied Indonesia would be engaged, proactive and using the ASEAN platform to enhance ASEAN profile in the global arena," Surin said.

At the Cabinet meeting, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said his country will work closely with the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta to ensure success for Indonesia's Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2011.

"I do not want just the success of organizing the ASEAN Summits, related Summits and Ministerial Meetings," said the President, adding "but a meaningful and successful follow-ups with concrete outcomes well into the future."

He also stressed that Indonesia has traditionally given " milestones" to ASEAN and the international community, citing the 1955 Afro-Asian Conference in Bandung, the 1994 APEC Summit in Bogor and the 1976 and 2003 ASEAN Summits in Bali which had solidified ASEAN solidarity and transformed the region into an ASEAN Community.

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CHEVROLET EYES INDONESIA AS ASIA PACIFIC MARKETING BASE

BANTAENG, Indonesia, Dec 20, 2010 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) --

US auto maker Chevrolet intends to relocate its marketing base for the Asia Pacific region from Thailand to Indonesia, a spokesman said.

Pramana Razi, general manager of General Motors Indonesia, said Sunday that Chevrolet`s management wanted to move its marketing base to Indonesia as Cevrolet car sales in Indonesia had increased significantly over the past four years.

"Chevrolet car sales in Indonesia have steadily and significantly increased," he told newsmen in Bantaeng during a stopover by a caravan of Chevrolet cars taking part in a Chevy touring program.

The participants of the touring program riding in 50 Chevrolet cars were received by the head of the Bantaeng district administration.

Pramana Razi Chevrolet was in the 16th position in the Indonesian car market in 2006 but this year, Chevrolet had become one of the 10 most preferred automotive brands.

The relocation of Chevrolet`s Asia Pacific marketing base to Indonesia would also mean Chevrolet would be using spare parts produced in Indonesia, he said.

With the use of local components, the prices of Chevrolet products could become more competitive, he said.

In 2009, 2,600 Chevrolet cars were sold in Indonesia but the figure increased to 4,500 in 2010, he said.

(ANTARA) ms

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U.S. and Indonesian Scientists Find Biodiversity Runs Deep in Sulawesi Sea

December 13, 2010

The white outline on the map shows the operating area where both Indonesian Research Vessel Baruna Jaya IV and NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer conducted joint operations in 2010. The expedition focused on the diversity and distribution of deep sea habitats and marine life in unknown ocean areas in SATAL - a contraction of Sangihe and Talaud - two island chains stretching northeast of North Sulawesi in Indonesia. 

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New submarine volcanoes, a large hydrothermal field with a thriving exotic animal ecosystem and areas rich with deep-sea ocean animals are among the discoveries reported today by U.S. and Indonesian scientists who explored the largely unknown deep Sulawesi Sea last summer off the coast of Indonesia.

At an American Geophysical Union press conference in San Francisco, scientists explained that while the exploration area is recognized as one of the Earth’s major shallow water centers of marine diversity, little was known about the marine life inhabiting its deep areas until this mission.

“This expedition was exciting and productive in many respects,” said Sugiarta Wirasantosa, Ph.D., of the Indonesia Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research and Indonesia’s chief scientist for the expedition. “The joint science team mapped Kawio Barat, an active undersea volcano that rises nearly 12,000 feet from the seafloor, and the mission revealed that high marine diversity extends deep in the area, but that there is a different mix of diversity between the shallow and deep ocean.”

Hydrothermal vents were found during the second ROV dive on Kawio Barat volcano. The yellow deposits are molten sulfur and multiple species of hot-vent shrimp are also visible. 

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“Within the ‘Coral Triangle,’ a 2.3 million-square-mile area (6 million square km) in which the Sulawesi is included, more than 65 percent of the world’s reef-forming coral species are known to exist in shallow waters,” said Santiago Herrera, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who participated in the expedition. “We observed and imaged perhaps 40 potential new coral species and 50 potential new species of other animals, including those inhabiting an actively venting volcano. Documenting the abundance, biodiversity and distribution of deep-ocean animals will allow us to better understand the functioning of the ecosystems in the area and infer how resilient they are to human activities.”

Close-up imagery showing a type of goose-neck barnacle, shrimp and a scaleworm living more than 1,850 meters deep on Kawio Barat underwater volcano. 

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The ocean exploration partnership matured in the wake of President Obama’s speech in June 2009 in Cairo when he spoke of building partnerships to support science and technological development in Muslim-majority countries. This expedition was the first in a multiyear plan for Indonesia and the United States to explore marine environments together as part of a larger partnership that foresees NOAA, Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, and Indonesia’s Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology partnering on issues of mutual interest including ocean exploration, fisheries and food security, climate change and tsunami research, among other areas.

The 2010 expedition was the maiden voyage of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, which worked with the Indonesian Research Vessel Baruna Jaya IV. U.S. and Indonesian scientists worked side-by-side on both ships as well as in shore-based Exploration Command Centers in Jakarta and Seattle where they received information in real-time via satellite and high-speed Internet2 pathways, including high-definition video of the seafloor from the Okeanos Explorer’s remotely operated vehicles. Other scientists were on call ashore to assess the data, information and images as needed. At other Exploration Command Centers, including one in Silver Spring, Md., and one at The Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, live video came in from sea via telepresence technology and engaged a variety of audiences ashore.

INDEX – SATAL 2010 mission participants dockside during closing ceremonies for the joint Indonesia – U.S. expedition in Indonesian waters.  NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer and R/VBaruna Jaya IV are in the background.

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“Our partnership to explore the ocean and to share knowledge and technology advances science while building and strengthening the friendship between our nations,” said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., the U.S. under secretary for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. “We look forward to further cooperation next summer when the NOAA ShipOkeanos Explorer is scheduled to return to Indonesia to continue this mission.”

“It’s especially important for Indonesians to better understand our ocean,” said Sugiarta. “Indonesia is a nation of 17,000 islands with a population that depends largely on the ocean for safety and on ocean resources for food, trade and economic well-being. Measurements of the flow of deep water masses through the deep Sulawesi Sea will help us better understand the ‘Indonesian Throughflow,’ which is important to all because it plays a major role in the global distribution of heat transported by ocean currents.”

“We had a fantastic view of the summit area of Kawio Barat and the features we saw strongly suggest very recent volcanic activity at 6,200 feet (1,900 meters),” said David Butterfield, PhD., a scientist with NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle. “Seeing an eruption at Kawaio Barat is a priority for future observations. Although 70 percent of Earth’s volcanic activity takes place under the ocean surface, researchers have only observed active eruptions by two undersea volcanoes.”

The application of telepresence technology for ocean science and exploration and for education and outreach was first envisioned by Robert Ballard, Ph.D., who partnered with NOAA to develop and refine the technology to bring the excitement of discovery in real time to audiences ashore. Expedition scientists on this latest mission believe that high-definition video transmitted from the deep sea to scientists ashore in real time provided a significant step forward in identifying marine animals, geologic features and other aspects of the deep regions of the Sulawesi Sea.

Bubblegum coral, or paragorgiidae, is among the potential new species encountered by the deep sea expedition.

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“In an incredible extension of telepresence technology, live images from the seafloor also went for the first time to scientists ashore beyond Exploration Command Centers,” said NOAA scientist Steve Hammond, Ph.D., the expedition’s U.S. chief scientist. “One scientist at the University of Victoria shared the live seafloor video with her ocean science students and took still frames from the video to email to other ocean experts who could help with identifications. We had scientists of many disciplines in numerous locations all sharing comments in an online chat room as they viewed live video,” he said. “All those comments are time-coded to the video for further reference and research.”

Sea World Indonesia in Jakarta and the Exploratorium in San Francisco were education partners in the expedition. A chronicle of the expedition, including logs and images from sea, is available online.

Celebrating 10 years of ocean exploration, NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration and Research uses state-of-the-art technologies to explore the Earth's largely unknown ocean in all its dimensions for the purpose of discovery and the advancement of knowledge.

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is operated, managed and maintained by NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, which includes commissioned officers of the NOAA Corps and civilian wage mariners. NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research is responsible for operating the cutting-edge ocean exploration systems on the vessel. It is the only federal ship dedicated to systematic exploration of the planet’s largely unknown ocean.

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Chevron Says It’s Full Steam Ahead for Geothermal Expansion in Indonesia

Geothermal Energy in Indonesia?...No body doubts it...

Jakarta. Chevron Pacific Indonesia, a unit of the US energy giant, expects to “aggressively” establish more geothermal power projects in the coming years.

Abdul Hamid Batubara, CPI’s president director, said the company’s goal was to boost power supply in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

“Chevron will always bid for any geothermal tenders offered by local governments in Indonesia,” he told the Jakarta Globe in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.

“Indonesia has huge potential in geothermal [energy] and Chevron will be aggressive in developing power plants.”

CPI was awarded a permit to explore and develop a geothermal field on the southern tip of Sumatra on Dec. 6.

It has already started exploration of the Suoh-Sekincau geothermal field in the West Lampung district of Lampung, according to Hamid.

He declined to comment on the cost of the exploration or the potential output from the field.

Chevron Geothermal Suoh-Sekincau is 95 percent-controlled by Chevron, while its Indonesian partner, Austindo Nusantara Jaya, holds a 5 percent stake.

The oil giant currently operates two geothermal projects in West Java that supply more than 630 megawatts of renewable energy.

The Lampung province Web site says Suoh-Sekincau boasts 430 MW of power.

Hamid said Chevron already sold electricity to state-owned utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara at a “competitive price, selling power at 7 cents per kilowatt hour — cheaper than the 9.7 cents per kwh that other geothermal power producers charge.”

“This is our strength. Our selling price is competitive,” he said. “We have experience through our West Java projects.”

However, Hamid expressed some concern over the tender process in Indonesia’s power-generation projects.

“In the Rantau Dedap geothermal field, for instance, we failed to win the tender because we did not have $10 million as a deposit, even though we are already a big company anyway,” the president director said.

Indonesia has an estimated potential of 28.53 gigawatts of geothermal reserves, according to data from the Energy Ministry. Of that figure, only around 4 percent or 1,189 megawatts has been tapped.

Given such room for growth, Hamid said there was plenty of opportunity to develop the country’s geothermal resources.

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CNN Anchor Anna Coren Reports the Good News of Indonesia

Australian journalist and CNN anchor Anna Coren has reported from around the world and knows a good story when she sees it. Which is why she is so drawn to Indonesia, which she sees as a great story just waiting to be told to the world. 

Being able to tell stories like Indonesia’s is what drew Coren to journalism in the first place. 

She said if she was given the choice to report from anywhere in the world, she would go somewhere that was usually overlooked by the mainstream media, so she could show people what was really happening there. 

Those reports, the ones that make people aware of a situation they didn’t even know existed, are “the most important stories,” she added. 

Although Indonesia is receiving more coverage from international media outlets these days, Coren said many stories still reinforced perceptions of the country as unstable, dangerous and riddled with corruption. 

“Those are the impressions that need to change so that foreign investors and the rest of the world will look at Indonesia as a place that you can invest in, that’s stable and transparent,” she said. 

Coren did a six-week posting in Jakarta for CNN in February. 

During that time, she reported on, among others things, the landslide in Purwakarta, West Java, as well as the Bank Century bailout scandal. She interviewed one of the figures at the center of the controversy, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who was the finance minister at the time. 

She also did a report on batik and Indonesia’s spat with Malaysia over who could lay claim to ownership of the traditional fabric. 

“From what I’ve been reading, I don’t think [batik] is as important in Malaysia as it is in Indonesia. Indonesians feel very patriotic and have a sense of ownership toward batik. It’s good, national pride is always important,” Coren said. 

In November, Coren returned to Jakarta to shoot the CNN series “i-List,” which highlights different up-and-coming countries, examining their innovations and trends in business, technology and culture. 

The “i-List” episode with a focus on Indonesia examined how the country was becoming an increasingly attractive destination for foreign direct investment, despite issues with its physical infrastructure, thanks to low labor costs and abundant natural resources. 

It also investigated the country’s remarkable adoption of social media and microblogging, with the world’s highest ratio of Twitter users to general Internet users, as well as the fourth highest number of Facebook users. 

Coren described the country’s love affair with social media networks as “amazing,” in that it connects people across the archipelago’s many islands and three time zones. 

The social networks, she said, also give a voice to the silently emerging middle class, allowing them to voice their opinions on controversial issues without having to take to the streets. 

“I think [social networks are] really important for a young country like Indonesia where its people, its young people, are becoming more and more powerful,” Coren said. 

She is well aware of the impact that the media can have thanks to her experience as a journalist around the world. She began her career with Australia’s Nine Network as a reporter and presenter. 

Over the years, she has covered such important stories as the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, where she reported extensively from Haifa, the terrorist attacks in Bali and London, the Asian tsunami in 2004 and several Australian elections. 

She joined CNN in 2008 and is currently the anchor of CNN’s weekday news program, “World Report.” 

During her time with the news organization, she has had the opportunity to interview some of the world’s most influential and interesting figures, including Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, South Korean actor and singer Rain, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Hollywood actor and activist George Clooney, Australian movie director Baz Luhrmann and legendary professional golfer Greg Norman. 

But even with all those impressive names on the list, there are still many people out there Coren is itching to talk to. 

She said that given everything that is happening in the United States, the chance to interview President Barack Obama would be a fascinating experience. 

When asked what it takes to be a journalist, Coren said it required a person to be open-minded and a good listener. Potential reporters also need to have a curious and inquisitive mind. 

“Patience also comes in handy,” she said, especially when journalists have to wait for verification on news stories they want to run. 

Given that the news media now has access to a virtual flood of information, gossip and rumors from the Internet and social networking sites, Coren said it was a journalist’s responsibility to thoroughly check out news stories before bringing them to the public. 

“I think it’s our responsibility to be responsible,” she said, adding that CNN held its reporters to very high standards, requiring journalists to vet their stories thoroughly before running them. 

Being a reporter is certainly not all glamour and Coren said serious journalists had to be prepared to take care of themselves in dangerous situations. 

Her experiences reporting from danger zones, such as in Haifa during the war between Israel and Hezbollah and the recent bus hostage crisis in Manila, have taught her that in such situations, reporters must remember to take all the necessary safety precautions. 

“You need to be there as a reporter to tell the story, but you don’t want to get in harm’s way and become the story. Just take precautions and be with people who are experienced and have done it before,” Coren said. 

Despite the hardships, she said she enjoyed her job and felt, given her position of privilege, a special responsibility to report stories that could help change people’s lives for the better.


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Visa-free Travel for Indonesian Passport Holders (Up-dated Version)

It is estimated that 63 countries and territories granted visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to Indonesian passport holders. Visa issued prior to arrival or pre-arrangement required for countries or territories not mentioned below:
However, based on other information, Diplomatic visa will be free to India and Ukraine will have an agreement with some countries include Indonesia in 2011 for visa liberalization (here)

Visa Free

[edit]Asia

[edit]ASEAN Countries

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of access
Brunei	14 days [1]
Cambodia	30 days [2]
Malaysia	30 days [3]
Philippines	21 days [4]
Singapore	30 days [5]
Thailand	30 days [6]
Vietnam	30 days [7]

[edit]Non-ASEAN Countries

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of access
Hong Kong	30 days [8]
Iran	15 days [9]
Macau	30 days [10][11][12]
Maldives	30 days [13][14]
Sri Lanka	30 days [15]

[edit]Oceania

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of access
Cook Islands	31 days [16]
Federated States of Micronesia	30 days [17]
Samoa	30 days [18][19]

[edit]Americas

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of access
Argentina	Depends	Diplomatic and service passports only [20]
Bermuda	6 months max [21]
Bolivia		Diplomatic and service passports only
Brazil	14 days [22]	Diplomatic and service passports only
Chile	90 days [23]
Colombia	90 days [24]
Costa Rica	30 days	Restriction applies[25]
Cuba	30 days	Tourist card needed[26]
Dominica	21 days [27]
Ecuador	90 days [28][29]
Haiti	3 months [30][31]
Jamaica	6 months	Restriction applies [32]
Peru	90 days [33][34]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1 months [35]

[edit]Africa

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of access
Morocco	3 months [36][37]
Seychelles	1 month [38][39]
Tunisia	[40]	Diplomatic and service passports only

[edit]Europe

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of access
Andorra	? days	A multiple entries Schengen Visa is needed. [41]
Croatia	14 days [42]	Diplomatic and service passports only
Kosovo	90 days[43]
Russia	14-90 days [44]	Diplomatic and service passports only
Serbia	14 days [45]	Diplomatic and service passports only

[edit]Visa On Arrival

[edit]Asia

[edit]ASEAN Countries

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of access
Laos	30 Days [46][47]	[48]
Myanmar	28 days	[49]

[edit]Non-ASEAN Countries

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of access
East Timor	30 days	[50][51] Visa-waiver:[52]
Jordan	1 month [53][54][55]	10 JOD
Nepal	60 days [56][57]
Oman	1 month [58]	A Visa Fee: OMR. 6 per person.

[edit]Oceania

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of access
Fiji	4 months [59]	extension can be made up to 6 months
Niue	30 days [60]
Palau	30 days [61][62]

[edit]Africa

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of access
Comoros	90 days [63]	Visas available on arrival at the airport
Madagascar	30 days	[64]
Mozambique	30 days [65][66]
Tanzania	3 months [67][68]
Zambia	3 months [69]
Zimbabwe	3 months [70]

[edit]Europe

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of Access
Azerbaijan	30 days [71]	Fee: USD 100
Armenia	120 days	Fee: AMD 15,000 (payment local currency)
Belarus	? days [72]	Minsk-2 Airport,all visitors are required to purchase health insurance.
Georgia	- days	Fee: USD 10-200, (dependent on nationality, type of visa and length of stay)
Turkey	30 days Timatic	Fee: USD 25.-; Both countries announted to "start working on the removal of the visa requirements soon both of two countries"[73].

[edit]Free visa

Countries and Territories	Duration	Conditions of Access
Ireland	Depends on purpose	Visa must be obtained prior to departure from appropriate Irish Embassy but free of charge (As available on their website)(http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=8780)

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