RI and Finland to talk forestry cooperation

RI and Finland to talk forestry cooperation

JAKARTA (JP): Finnish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Kalevi Hemila is expected to arrive here Sunday to discuss
Finnish-Indonesia forestry cooperation, the Finnish Embassy
announced yesterday.

The embassy said Indonesian Minister of Forestry Djamaludin
Suryohadikusumo would host the Finnish minister during his two-
day visit.

The Finnish minister is scheduled to meet Minister of
Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah, Minister of Industry and Trade
Tunky Ariwibowo and State Minister of National Development
Ginandjar Kartasasmita.

The embassy said Finland was an experienced manager of
forestry resources, and that Finnish wood processing technology
was being used by major Indonesian companies.

Finnish officials and representatives of 25 forestry, pulp and
paper companies and related companies plan to accompany the
Finnish minister to Indonesia.

The minister is expected to meet representatives of Indonesian
non-governmental organizations involved in environmental, social
and human rights issues.

During the minister's visit, there will be a seminar on
Indonesia-Finnish forestry cooperation, Towards a Greener Future,
being organized by the Embassy of Finland and the Indonesian
Ministry of Forestry. (06)