Mari to visit Egypt to boost trade ties

Mari to visit Egypt to boost trade ties

JAKARTA: Egypt and Indonesia will have their fourth session of
the Joint Ministerial Commission for Economic and Technical
Cooperation meeting in Cairo next month, Egyptian Ambassador to
Indonesia Mohamed E. Taha said in Jakarta.

"This meeting's main aim is to boost bilateral economic
relations between the two countries. And it will be held just 40
days after the Second Meeting of Bilateral Consultations held in
Cairo recently (May 9 and May 10)," Taha told The Jakarta Post.

The first meeting of bilateral consultations was held in Bali
on July 19 and July 20, 2004.

Indonesian Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu will attend
next month's meeting -- which will be held on June 18 and June 19
-- in Cairo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director General for
Asia Pacific and African Affairs Herijanto Soeprapto told the
Harian Ekonomi Neraca recently.

Mari will meet Egyptian Minister of Industry and International
Trade Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed to discuss bilateral trade.

Herijanto led the Indonesian delegation at the bilateral
consultations in Cairo early this month. -- JP