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        "msgid": "president-soeharto-to-visit-cambodia-laos-myanmar-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-02-14 00:00:00",
        "title": "President Soeharto to visit Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "President Soeharto to visit Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto will make a week-long visit to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar on Feb 17 to improve bilateral ties, a senior official said yesterday. Minister\/State Secretary Moerdiono said the President would use the occasion to strengthen trade and economic ties with the three countries. Soeharto will exchange views on various regional and international issues, Moerdiono said at Merdeka presidential palace.",
        "content": "<p>President Soeharto to visit Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto will make a week-long visit<br>\nto Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar on Feb 17 to improve bilateral<br>\nties, a senior official said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Minister\/State Secretary Moerdiono said the President would<br>\nuse the occasion to strengthen trade and economic ties with the<br>\nthree countries.<\/p>\n<p>Soeharto will exchange views on various regional and<br>\ninternational issues, Moerdiono said at Merdeka presidential<br>\npalace.<\/p>\n<p>\"We want to make the best use of the rapid economic<br>\ndevelopment in the region to strengthen economic and trade<br>\nrelations with the three countries,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Moerdiono stressed Soeharto's visit had nothing to do with the<br>\nthree nation's pending membership of the Association of Southeast<br>\nAsian Nations (ASEAN).<\/p>\n<p>ASEAN groups Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, the<br>\nPhilippines, Thailand and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>ASEAN officials said last December Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar<br>\nwould be admitted simultaneously this year. The association's<br>\nplan to admit Myanmar has met strong criticism, notably from<br>\nwestern countries which accuse Yangon human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p>Moerdiono said Indonesian officials would sign several<br>\nMemorandum of Understandings with their hosts on trade and<br>\neconomic cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The Indonesian and Cambodian heads of government would witness<br>\nthe signing of a memorandum on oil and gas trade, Moerdiono said.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian businessmen have started a cement factory in<br>\nMyanmar. PT Citra Lamtoro Gung, a conglomerate controlled by<br>\nPresident Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, and<br>\nUnion of Myanmar Economic Holding would also tie up, Moerdiono<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia and Laos would sign a cooperation agreement on air<br>\ntransport, forestry and agriculture, he said. (pan)<\/p>",
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