RI to attend South Summit

RI to attend South Summit

INDONESIA: Indonesia will take part in the second South Summit of
the Group of 77 (G77) and China in Doha, Qatar, from June 15 to
June 17.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Yuri Thamrin said the meeting would
discuss development issues and poverty eradication efforts, and
would issue the measures with a plan of action. Foreign minister
Hassan Wirayuda will represent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
in the summit.

"The meeting will issue a document on the Havana Program of
Action, and the southern countries' strategy to eradicate poverty
and to increase the economic capacity in developing countries
through technical cooperation among the member countries," he
said on Friday.

The Havana Program of Action, declared in the South summit in
2000, stresses the importance of further promoting South-South
cooperation in human resources, knowledge and technology,
capacity building, finance, trade and investment.

The G77 was established in June 15, 1964, by 77 developing
countries. -- JP