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.