28/10/2004 The European Union has given Indonesia five million US dollars to help the country combat terrorism, a presidential spokesman said Thursday. "The European Union has given assistance for the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation Programme, about five million dollars," Dino Pati Jalal said. Jalal was speaking after talks between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency. The Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) in Semarang, the capital of Central Java province, was inaugurated in July by then president Megawati Sukarnoputri. The center, which is funded primarily by Australia, provides anti-terrorism training for officials from the Asia-Pacific region. Yudhoyono and Bot discussed terrorism "in general terms" during their meeting, according to Jalal. The talks "were more oriented to the imminent efforts of the government of Indonesia to step up its handling of terrorism," he said. Bot is leading a visit by the so-called EU troika to congratulate Yudhoyono on his election as Indonesia's sixth president. He is scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda later Thursday before leaving the country.