Howard to visit RI early next year

Wed, 05 Dec 2001 | Source: AFP

AUSTRALIA: Recently re-elected Prime Minister John Howard has announced plans to visit Indonesia again early in the new year for talks focusing on asylum seekers.

Howard told an informal gathering of journalists at his annual press gallery Christmas party late on Monday that he hoped to go in February or March, as a matter of priority.

However, his staff said on Tuesday that no dates had yet been confirmed for the visit.

During a visit to Canberra last week, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda discussed with Australian ministers the problem for both countries of illegal immigration. --AFP

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