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