Gadjah Mada offers studies on Mideast

Gadjah Mada offers studies on Mideast

YOGYAKARTA: Gadjah Mada University in cooperation with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs will establish a center for Middle
Eastern Studies here.

A memorandum of understanding has been signed by the
university's rector, Ichlasul Amal, and Djohan S. Syahperi, chief
of the Center for Research and Development at the foreign affairs
ministry.

Ichlasul said after the signing ceremony that the center's
would monitor developments in the Middle East and improve
awareness of the region.

He said that the center would invite Middle East experts to
attend seminars.

The center would also help formulate Indonesian foreign policy
on Middle Eastern countries, he added. (44)