RI, Swaziland establish joint forum

Thu, 20 Mar 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Indonesia and Swaziland agreed to establish a joint
forum to strengthen bilateral ties especially in trade and
investment.

Visiting Swaziland King Mswati III and President Megawati
Soekarnoputri witnessed the signing of the forum's establishment
at the State Palace on Wednesday.

"We also invite Swaziland to open its embassy here, as
currently the embassy is located in Kuala Lumpur for Indonesia
and Malaysia," Megawati said in a joint press statement.

The King arrived in Jakarta on Tuesday and is slated to visit
several tourist destinations in Central Java, East Java and Bali
before returning to Swaziland on March 24.

Megawati also invited the country to join the 50th celebration
of the Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung, West Java in 2005.
--JP

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