Howard to visit RI early next year

Howard to visit RI early next year

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