RI, Swaziland establish joint forum

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