RI, Yemen to hold JMC meeting

RI, Yemen to hold JMC meeting

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Indonesia and Yemen will jointly host a first ever Joint
Ministerial Commission (JMC) meeting between the two countries
from Aug. 8 to Aug. 10 in Yogyakarta to boost bilateral
relations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in Jakarta.

The ministry said that the JMC would discuss efforts to
develop economic relations, trade and investment, and promote the
expansion of cooperation in areas like education, industry,
energy, culture, tourism, human rights and women's empowerment.

"It is the first time that we are holding this ministerial
commission meeting between Indonesia and Yemen," the foreign
ministry's director for information and media, Lutfi Rauf, told
The Jakarta Post on Friday.

The Indonesian delegation will be lead by Minister of Foreign
Affairs Hassan Wirayuda, while the Yemeni delegation will be lead
by its foreign minister, Bakr Al-Qirby.

The JMC will be preceded by a senior officials meeting, which
will take place from Monday to Tuesday, with the ministerial
meeting being held on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Yemen's Ambassador to Indonesia Ahmed Salem Saleh
Al-Wahishi told the Post that Minister Bakr and his entourage
would arrive in Jakarta on Sunday.

"During his stay in Indonesia, our Foreign Minister will meet
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Minister of Foreign
Affairs Hassan Wirayuda," Ambassador Al-Wahishi said.

During the JMC meeting, both countries are expected to sign
several memoranda of understanding (MOUs), including MOUs on news
exchanges between Antara and Saba news agencies, export
development, duty free zone cooperation between the Batam
Industrial Development Authority and the Aden Free Zone, and a
protocol on investment in technical cooperation.