Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesia and the United States share principles of unity and tolerance and both can benefit from strengthened ties that will bolster trade and combat terrorism, President Obama said in a highly anticipated speech Wednesday. The address at the University of Indonesia was considered a highlight of Obama's two-day stop in the southeast Asian nation where he spent four years of his childhood. As the nation with the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia was chosen as the site for Obama to further address U.S. relations with the Islamic world following his speech on the topic last year in Cairo, Egypt.
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President speaks about relations, religion in nation with largest Muslim population
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Obama recalls the welcome and acceptance he received when he lived in Indonesia as a boy
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Shared principles of unity and tolerance underpin U.S.-Indonesia relations, Obama says
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