The US Navy has resumed ties (joint exercises, training, etc.) with the Indonesian Navy for the first time since the Indonesian military was involved in the post-referendum violence on East Timor. Indonesian sailors and Marines were involved in the Cooperation Afloat 2000 readiness and training exercises, along with the US, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. The Pentagon said that it would continue to exclude the Indonesian Army from joint exercises.--Stephen V Cole