RI mission in Australia

RI mission in Australia

JAKARTA (JP): An Indonesian delegation led by the Chamber of
Commerce and Industry's chairman Aburizal Bakrie arrived in
Canberra yesterday for a five-day mission to promote trade and
economic cooperation with Australia.

The delegation of 55 business people met with Australian Prime
Minister John Howard and several Australian ministers yesterday,
Antara reported.

The delegation will meet with deputy prime minister/trade
minister Tim Fischer today and take part in an Australia-
Indonesia forum in Sydney tomorrow to work on plans for concrete
business cooperation under the Australia-Indonesia Development
Area (AIDA) arrangement.

It will also attend an annual business meeting in Sydney on
Thursday under the auspices of the Australia-Indonesia Business
Council, the agency said.

The delegation will meet the Olympic 2000 committee in Sydney
before meeting executives of Broken Hill Proprietary and
Engineering Education Australia Pty Ltd in Melbourne on Friday.
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