China to give RI $4.6m

China to give RI $4.6m

JAKARTA (JP): The Chinese government agreed here on Tuesday to
provide Indonesia US$4.6 million in grant to help displaced
residents from the troubled provinces of Aceh and Ambon and
former East Timor.

The Chinese ambassador, Chen Shiqiu, and the director general
of foreign economic relations, Johan Syahperi, signed the grant
agreement on behalf of the two governments.

China also agreed to extend $300 million in export credit to
finance imports from the country. Previously, the Chinese
government gave a total export credit worth $200 million to
Indonesia.

The grant was signed following the official visit by President
Abdurrahman Wahid to Beijing last month. (04)