RI, Bangladesh to sign treaty

RI, Bangladesh to sign treaty

DHAKA (DPA): Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas arrived in Dhaka on Saturday from Colombo on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh, a government spokesman here said.

Alatas is expected to sign with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad a bilateral treaty for promotion and protection of investments between the two countries after talks today.

The Indonesian minister will address a seminar in Dhaka on cooperation between the two Asian regional blocs, the ASEAN and the SAARC, besides calling on President Shahabuddin Ahmed and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Alatas is the highest ranking Indonesian government leader to tour Bangladesh since the state visit of President Soeharto two decades ago.

Hasina was on an official visit to Indonesia last September.