Megawati to visit Europe next month<\/p>\n
Annastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
President Megawati Soekarnoputri will embark on a two-week trip
\nto Europe on June 8. The trip will be her second this year since
\nshe took office last July.<\/p>\n
The highlight of the trip would be the Food and Agriculture
\nOrganization summit in Rome, Italy, which is a follow-up to the
\nfirst food summit held five years ago, Foreign Affairs Minister
\nHassan Wirayuda said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Indonesia, along with 192 other countries would reassess the
\nimplementation of the first agreement on food and agriculture,
\namong other issues, he said.<\/p>\n
\"Indonesia considers food supply as one of the most strategic
\naspect, therefore our support along with other countries in terms
\nof food supply becomes important.\"<\/p>\n
Indonesia received US$60 million in aid recently from the
\nWorld Food Program to help tackle food shortages in various parts
\nof the country, he added.<\/p>\n
Aside from heads of state, around 4,000 participants,
\nincluding representatives from international organizations, would
\nalso attend the summit.<\/p>\n
The summit was first scheduled to be held in November last
\nyear but was postponed following the Sept. 11 attack.<\/p>\n
After Megawati's trip to Rome, she is slated to visit London,
\nAustria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.<\/p>\n
\"When planning her United States visit last September, the
\npresident had talked about plans to visit countries such as the
\nCzech Republic and Slovakia, but we had to postpone it,\" Hassan
\nsaid.<\/p>",
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