RI, Mozambique establish commission

RI, Mozambique establish commission

JAKARTA: Indonesia and Mozambique agreed on Wednesday to set
up a ministerial commission to enhance relations between the two
countries.

Speaking at a joint press conference by President Megawati
Soekarnoputri and visiting Mozambique President Joaquim Alberto
Chissano, the two leaders agreed that there was a need for both
countries to take the relations, established in 1991, to another
level.

The two leaders also witnessed the signing of a memorandum of
understanding on the establishment of the forum by Indonesian
Minister for Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda and his Mozambique
counterpart Leonardo Santos Simao.

President Chissano arrived here on Wednesday for a four-day
visit. His entourage is also slated to meet a number of the
country's leaders and visit several industrial complexes around
the capital.

The Mozambique delegation will leave the country on Saturday.
--JP