IDB conference due here

IDB conference due here

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will host the Islamic Development Bank's 20th annual conference, with ministers of finance and officials from 48 countries expected to attend.

The ministers, who will attend as members of the bank's board of governors, will discuss follow-up measures to the programs discussed at the earlier meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last November.

"Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad, who was elected chairman at the last conference in Jeddah, will for the second time chair the conference," a finance ministry statement said yesterday.

The statement added that President Soeharto is slated to open the two-day conference on Nov 29.(kod)