Downer meets with Jayakumar

Downer meets with Jayakumar

SINGAPORE (Reuters): Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander
Downer and his Singapore counterpart S. Jayakumar will hold talks
from Sunday on political, economic and security issues, including
Indonesia and Myanmar.

Australia's high commissioner to Singapore, Murray McLean,
announced on Friday the three-day meeting on bilateral
cooperation would cover all significant regional issues.

"We, of course, are concerned about some of the developments
that occurred over the last two years in this region,
particularly the economic crisis that has affected the stability
of some of the countries," McLean said.

He said Indonesia was of strategic importance to both
Australia and Singapore. He gave no further details on
discussions relating to Indonesia and Myanmar.