RI to help unite Koreas in PATA<\/p>\n
SEOUL (JP): Indonesia will help unite North and South Korea in
\nmembership of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA),
\nIndonesian Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop
\nAve says.<\/p>\n
Joop told reporters here yesterday after the opening ceremony
\nof PATA's 43rd annual conference that a senior official from
\nPyongyang visited him in Jakarta last week to say that North
\nKorea plans to join PATA.<\/p>\n
Joop, who was PATA's chairman-elect, said he promised to
\ndiscuss the plan when attending the conference.<\/p>\n
He said PATA, which had acknowledged the membership of Taiwan,
\nsucceeded in arranging the admission of China to become its
\nmember in 1991.<\/p>\n
\"We should be able to make a similar arrangement for the
\nadmission of North Korea,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said he is scheduled today to hold a meeting with two South
\nKorean ministers -- Minister of Transportation Oh Myung and
\nMinister of Telecommunications Yoon Doong-Yoon.<\/p>\n
Joop said he would discuss North Korea's interest in joining
\nPATA with the two ministers. (icn)<\/p>",
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