RI, Venezuela hold talks in Bandung

RI, Venezuela hold talks in Bandung

JAKARTA: Indonesia and Venezuela will hold their second Joint
Commission meeting in Bandung, West Java, this week to strengthen
bilateral relations.

The commission's Venezuelan delegation will be led by
Venezuelan deputy foreign minister William E. Izarra, the
Venezuelan Embassy in Jakarta said in a release sent to The
Jakarta Post.

"The Joint Commission meeting will be held in Bandung from
Sept. 5 to 6, 2005. Besides this, Izarra will meet with
Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda in Jakarta
on Wednesday and visit both Indonesia's House of Representatives
and People's Consultative Assembly," the embassy said.

Izarra, who arrived in Jakarta on Saturday, will also meet on
Monday morning the ambassadors/heads of diplomatic missions of
Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Timor
Leste and Uzbekistan to discuss activating diplomatic relations.

The visit of Izarra and his entourage, which will leave
Indonesia on Wednesday night, is also aimed at initiating a
Venezuelan-Indonesian Business Council to boost trade between the
two countries. -- JP