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Jakarta - The U.S. Embassy issued a related announcement closing offices mission in Indonesia for a while on Friday (21/9).

U.S. Embassy press release said here on Thursday, said the closure was due to the potential for significant demonstration in front of the United States government-owned facilities.
Mission offices are closed the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya, U.S. Representative Office in Medan, the Office of the U.S. Consular Agent in Bali, and the U.S. Mission to ASEAN.

Closure of the U.S. mission offices in Indonesia that have been first performed in the U.S. House of Representatives Office in Medan, which began on Thursday.

"We apologize for the inconvenience. We suggest that, as a rule that you should avoid large crowds and other gatherings that may turn violent. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide more information, if needed," the release of the U.S. Embassy.

The U.S. Embassy also advised American citizens living and traveling in Indonesia was to enroll in the SMART program and update their information with the local office of the U.S. mission.

Registration will facilitate contacts with the mission of the United States of American citizens in an emergency, and can be done online before the trip done.?

Information on registering with the SMART Program can be found on the U.S. State Department, Consular Section at the Embassy website http://step.state.gov and in the United States in http://jakarta.usembassy.gov.

In it, U.S. citizens can also find news from the embassy issued recently to the public.

For the latest security information, U.S. citizens living and traveling abroad should regularly monitor the State Department website U.S. Consular section at http://travel.state.gov.

News Worldwide Caution, Travel Alerts, Travel Warnings, and health information can be found.

The U.S. Embassy also deliver the latest information on security can be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States and Canada or, for callers outside the United States and Canada can dial 1-202-501 - 4444.

U.S. Embassy Jakarta, located in Jalan Medan Merdeka, Jakarta Selatan 5, can be contacted 24 hours on telephone number +62-21-3435-9000.

Telephone number United States Consulate General in Surabaya was +62-31-297-5300, U.S. Representative Office in Medan was +62-61-451-9000, and the Office of the U.S. Consular Agent in Bali is +62-361-233- 605.