Costello to meet RI minister

Thu, 07 Sep 2000, 00:00 WIB | Source: DJ

CANBERRA (Dow Jones): Australian Treasurer Peter Costello will
travel to Indonesia later Wednesday to meet with key Indonesian
ministers before traveling on to Brunei for a meeting of finance
ministers from countries in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
group.

"The visit to Jakarta provides an important opportunity to
strengthen Australian contacts with members of the new cabinet
and revamped economic team announced by (Indonesian) President
Wahid on Aug. 23," he said in a statement..

Once in Brunei, the treasurer said he plans to meet with his
counterparts from the U.S., Japan, China and Canada to discuss
"recent economic developments and plans for structural reform."

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