Polish president to arrive today, expected to improve ties with RI
Polish president to arrive today, expected to improve ties with RI
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski is slated to arrive here
on Tuesday for a three-day state visit accompanied by a group of
businessman to improve trade ties between the two countries.
The President is expected to hold bilateral talks with
President Megawati Soekarnoputri soon after he arrives at Halim
Perdanakusumah Airport from Singapore.
The visit is aimed at paving the way for cooperation between
state-owned companies of the two countries in the fields of
aviation, telecommunications and ship-building.
Kwasniewski is to witness the signing of at least four
Memorandums of Understanding on the second day of his visit.
Polish Ambassador to Indonesia Krysztof Szumski said 14 Polish
businessmen were here with the president. They will hold talks
with Indonesian businesspeople in an economic forum.
Poland imports goods worth US$250 million from Indonesia and
exports to Indonesia are valued at US$17.2million.
During the visit, Kwasniewski will pay a courtesy call to
People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Amien Rais and House of
Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung.
The President will also visit Taman Mini Indonesia Indah and
tour the pavilions of Central Java, West Sumatra and South
Sulawesi. He will be leaving for Bangkok on Feb. 26, the last leg
of his Southeast Asia tour.
Meanwhile, Megawati canceled her plan to attend the G-15
summit in Venezuela, a presidential staff member told journalists
on Monday.
No official announcement was made, but the busy domestic
schedule ahead of the April 5 legislative elections was cited as
the reason for the cancellation. Megawati is also head of the
ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). The
campaign period will start on March 11.
Foreign minister Hassan Wirayuda will be representing
Indonesia in the summit.
In a related development, Libyan President Moammar Khadafy has
also canceled his state visit to Indonesia.
A foreign ministry official told The Jakarta Post on Monday
that Khadafy had to attend another meeting in the region.