Hasan to visit N. Korea in April

Hasan to visit N. Korea in April

JAKARTA: Indonesian foreign minister Hassan Wirayuda will
visit North Korea next month to encourage peace talks with South
Korea, he said on Tuesday.

Hassan told reporters he would travel to Pyongyang in the last
week of April to meet senior North Korean officials to mainly
discuss two-way issues.

But asked if he would call for peaceful dialogue between North
and South Korea, Hassan said, "Naturally in this visit, matters
that attract attention will be discussed."

Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, whose father
Sukarno was a friend of North Korea's late founder Kim Il-sung,
visited the reclusive Communist country in 2002 and met its
leader Kim Jong-il.

Despite reconciliation efforts in recent years, North and
South Korea remain engaged in Cold War conflict and share the
world's most militarized border. -Reuters