ASROC slated to convene on July 29

ASROC slated to convene on July 29

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri announced on
Wednesday that the Asia-Africa Subregional Organization
Conference (ASROC) would be held on July 29 and July 30, after
being postponed for four months.

Megawati said the conference would be held in Bandung as the
commemoration of the first Asia-Africa conference in 1955, which
was held in the same city.

"Indonesia and South Africa will co-host the ASROC meeting on
July 29 and July 30," Megawati said during a joint press
conference with visiting Mozambique President Joaquim Alberto
Chissano at Merdeka Palace on Wednesday.

The meeting was originally scheduled in March, but was
postponed due to the Iraq crisis and the Severe Acute Respiratory
Symptoms (SARS) outbreak. --JP