EC envoy to visit Indonesia

EC envoy to visit Indonesia

JAKARTA (JP): European Commissioner for trade Pascal Lamy will
visit Indonesia and Singapore from Thursday to Saturday to obtain
support for a new round of WTO negotiations and to explain the
European Union's position, according to a press statement.

The statement said that Lamy would meet President Abdurrahman
Wahid and other senior economic ministers during his visit in
Jakarta.

In Singapore, the Commissioner is scheduled to meet with
Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and several cabinet
members.

The European Commission is one of the key institutions of the
European Union and acts as its executive body. The Commission is
in charge of the European Union's common commercial policy and
represents the European Union at the WTO and other international
trade fora.(rei)