Indian FM due here next week

Indian FM due here next week

JAKARTA: Indian Foreign Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha will
arrive here Saturday for a four-day visit, a government official
says.

Spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Ministry Marty Natalegawa
said on Friday that Sinha will attend an annual Joint Council
meeting in Yogyakarta and hold bilateral talks with his
Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirayuda.

The Indonesia-India Joint Commission meeting will start on
Monday to discuss various issues, including banking supervisory
cooperation between central banks of the two countries and
tourism, agriculture and nuclear cooperation.

"The foreign minister is scheduled to pay a courtesy call to
President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Tuesday, after the joint
commission meeting in Yogyakarta," Marty said.

Aside from bilateral issues, the two ministers are also slated
to discuss issues of common interests such as counter terrorism
efforts and the recent situation in Iraq. --JP