Murayama to APEC meeting
Murayama to APEC meeting
TOKYO (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama will
attend the November leaders' summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) forum in Indonesia, a foreign ministry
official said yesterday.
A detailed schedule for the visit has not yet been set, the
official said.
But the Kyodo News Service, quoting government sources,
reported yesterday that Murayama is scheduled to leave Japan on
Nov. 12, attend the meeting on November 15 and return home on
Nov. 16.
Murayama plans to meet separately with U.S. President Bill
Clinton and other leaders of APEC member countries, Kyodo said.
It was almost certain Murayama and Chinese President Jiang
Zemin will meet for the first time since the Japanese prime
minister took office in late June, it said.