U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met with Indonesian officials on Monday to iron out details ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama next week.

Obama's visit has been postponed by a few days to March 23-25. The visit is likely to ink a "comprehensive partnership" which will cover political and defense issues, deepen economic cooperation as well as cooperation in education, inter-faith dialogue, health, climate change and energy sectors.

[Marty Natalegawa, Indonesian Foreign Minister]:
"All in all, I think we're in a good position to welcome the President here in Jakarta, but the main point be the visit of President Obama will be but the beginning rather than the conclusion of these enhance effort at promoting Indonesia - U.S. comprehensive partnership."

The United States is Indonesia’s third largest trading partner, and has major investments, especially in energy and mining.

[Marty Natalegawa, Indonesian Foreign Minister]:
"We discussed on more broader sense about what we mean by comprehensive partnership. Comprehensive by definition is comprehensive, meaning by political, economy, security as well as in people to people contacts. And of when we speak of Indonesia, our geographic nature, than clearly that maritime cooperation is an issue of great of interest to us.”

Washington wants to continue security cooperation with Indonesia.

There has also been a discussion of lifting a ban imposed on Indonesia's notorious special elite military command, Kopassus.

Ties between Washington and Jakarta went icy in the 1990s following alleged human rights abuses often linked to Kopassus.

In the weeks leading up to the Obama visit, Indonesian police have conducted more raids on suspected hideouts.