Lao president to visit Indonesia

Sat, 15 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

HANOI (AFP): Laotian President Nouhak Phoumsavanh is to visit
Indonesia on Monday for a state visit, the official KPL news
agency said in a report monitored here yesterday.

Nouhak will be in Indonesia from Oct. 17 to 22 at the
invitation of President Soeharto, according to a statement from
the presidential palace in Vientiane.

Laos has been emerging from decades of isolation in recent
years, reforming its economy slowly and opening up to the outside
world. It has recently expressed an interest in joining the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Vietnam, another Indochinese state, is expected to be admitted
to the regional grouping next year.

ASEAN, founded in 1967, now groups Brunei, Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

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