Koizumi to meet Megawati

Koizumi to meet Megawati

TOKYO: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is to meet Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri at a development summit in South Africa to compare notes on various issues, said an official of Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party.

LDP Secretary General Taku Yamasaki said he met with Koizumi at the premier's office Tuesday to brief him on his recent visit to Indonesia.

Yamasaki quoted Megawati as telling him that she wants to meet Koizumi during the Aug. 26-Sept. 4 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg as well as at October's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum annual talks in Mexico.

Yamasaki said Koizumi will meet her. -- Dow Jones