Mega not to meet with King Fahd

Mega not to meet with King Fahd

JAKARTA: Indonesia said President Megawati Soekarnoputri had
no plans to hold talks with King Fahd following her minor haj
pilgrimage to the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca.

"There is no planned meeting that we are aware of. This is a
personal journey to perform a haj pilgrimage," Indonesian foreign
ministry spokesman Marty Natalegawa said on Friday.

AFP quoted a Saudi official as saying that Megawati was due to
meet with Saudi leaders, including King Fahd, for talks on Iraq
in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Saturday.

Among the issues to be discussed was the possibility of
sending Muslim troops to Iraq as proposed by Riyadh, the Saudi
official said.

Megawati is slated to return to Jakarta on Sunday. -- JP