Aussie, RI ministers to meet on economy

Aussie, RI ministers to meet on economy

JAKARTA (JP): Four Indonesian and five Australian ministers
will meet in Canberra next week to advance the bilateral economic
agenda for the next two years, a spokesman for the Australian
Ministry for Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

The spokesman said in a statement made available here that the
Indonesian delegation, who will attend the second Australia-
Indonesia Ministerial Forum at the Hyatt Hotel on Aug. 23-24,
will include Coordinating Minister for Industry and Trade
Hartarto, Foreign Minister Ali Alatas, Minister of Trade Satrio
B. Joedono and Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Gareth Evans
will lead the Australian delegation, which will include Minister
for Trade, Senator Bob McMullan, Minister for Industry, Science
and Technology, Senator Peter Cook, Minister for Primary
Industries and Energy, Senator Bob Collins and Minister for
Resources, Mr. David Beddal, the spokesman said.

The spokesman quoted Evans as saying that information had
already been exchanged on intellectual and industrial property
rights and food and agriculture, and areas for joint cooperation
were being explored.

The proposed areas of cooperation included meat, livestock,
dairy and food processing industries and horticulture and land
and water management, the spokesman said.(riz)