President Iliescu to visit RI next year

President Iliescu to visit RI next year

JAKARTA: Rumanian President Ion Iliescu is scheduled to make a
state visit here early next year in a bid to strengthen bilateral
ties, Rumanian Ambassador to Indonesia Gheorghe Savuica said on
Monday.

Savuica said the visit was also meant to return a state visit
made by Megawati Soekarnoputri to Rumania in April 2003.

The exact date of the visit is still being discussed.

"Indonesia is a traditional partner of Rumania," Savuica said
on the occasion of Rumania's 85th National Day on Dec. 1.
Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established
in 1958.

During her visit to Rumania in April, Megawati signed a number
of memorandums of understanding with her Rumanian counterpart.

Savuica said Rumania was seeking to boost its trade volume
with Indonesia and enhance economic cooperation in the fields of
energy, transportation, agriculture and oil industry, as well as
science and technology. -- JP