Japanese banker visits here

Japanese banker visits here

JAKARTA (JP): The governor of the Japanese Export and Import
Bank Hiroshi Yasuda arrived here yesterday for a six-day visit on
a mission to strengthen economic ties with Indonesia.

The Ministry of Finance announced here yesterday that Yasuda
was scheduled to hold meetings with President Soeharto,
Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance Saleh Afiff, State
Minister of National Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita,
and Bank Indonesia Governor J. Soedradjad Djiwandono.

On his visit, the first to Indonesia after becoming the
Japanese bank governor in May 1994, he will also meet Widjojo
Nitisastro, an economic adviser to the Indonesian government.

Yasuda, who is a former deputy minister of finance, met
Indonesian Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad in Manila early this
week, where they attended the annual conference of the Asian
Development Bank.

The Japanese Export and Import Bank is currently financing a
number of projects in Indonesia, including a nuclear energy
system assessment and nuclear research and development
evaluation, and a development project for village cooperatives.
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