Indonesia's relations with most Western powers and Australia suffered grievously because of human right record in East Timor. Although US-Indonesia relations improves with he emergence of East Timor as an independent state, normalcy in the military relationship was far from restored.
Indonesia's relations with he US improved in the wake of September 11, 2001 as Indonesia declared its resolve it root out terrorism. American appreciated Jakarta's stand, describing it as a "voice of moderation" in he Islamic world.
Consequently, the Pentagon's ties with the Indonesian Armed Forces were almost restored.
The resumption in May 2005 of the sale if US non lethal equipment to Indonesia was followed in November by the lifting of the embargo on weapon sales.