Megawati, accompanied by a number of Cabinet ministers, held a

Megawati, accompanied by a number of Cabinet ministers, held a
closed-door meeting with members of the U.S. Congress on Capitol
Hill on Thursday morning (late Thursday night Jakarta time).

Megawati had a one-hour meeting with Patrick Kennedy, a
Congressman vocal on human rights issues, Valium Mavega, who is
critical on the Irian Jaya issue, and Porter Goss and Hendry
Hyde, the officials in charge of receiving foreign guests on
Capitol Hill.

After the meeting, Megawati had lunch at the same venue with
other members of the U.S. House of Representatives known to be
sympathetic to Indonesia.

She is scheduled to hold meetings with the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and with the World Bank later on Thursday.

She will leave for Houston on Friday to address an energy
conference, and then travel on to New York to attend several
meetings in the United Nations.