OPEC president to visit RI

Sat, 08 Jul 2000 | Source: DJ

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Venezuela's oil minister, Ali Rodriguez, will arrive in Indonesia Sunday to speak at the Indonesian Investment Summit On Mining and Energy, or JIEC-2000, and to meet his Indonesian counterpart, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, according to a source at the Venezuelan embassy in Jakarta Friday.

Besides meeting with oil minister Bambang, Rodriguez will also meet with Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid and Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab, the source said.

Rodriguez, who is also president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, is on a week-long tour of OPEC member countries to prepare for an official visit by President Hugo Chavez in August.

Also to be discussed with the Indonesian officials is an OPEC meeting of heads of state scheduled to be held in Caracas in September, the embassy source said.

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