Swiss VP visits Indonesia

Swiss VP visits Indonesia

JAKARTA (JP): Swiss Vice President Flavio Cotti arrived here
yesterday for a two-day visit which will see him ink several
accords aimed at improving between ties between the countries.

Cotti, who is also Swiss foreign minister, will hold a
bilateral talk with President Soeharto, according to the Swiss
embassy here.

He will also meet senior government officials including
Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas, and
Coordinating Minister for Production and Distribution Hartarto.

He is due to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Technical
Cooperation with Alatas.

Later Cotti will visit the National Commission on Human Rights
and sign another memorandum.

Prior to leaving Indonesia later this evening, Cotti will
launch a clean air campaign here.

Cotti and Swiss Ambassador to Indonesia Hollen Wager flew
yesterday to Yogyakarta to pay a courtesy call on Yogyakarta
Governor Paku Alam VIII.

The Swiss vice president and the governor held a long
discussion in which many questions on the status and history of
the Yogyakarta special district came up.

In an exchange of souvenirs, Cotti was given traditional
wayang puppets of Kresna and Arjuna by Paku Alam VIII, according
to Antara.

Cotti also visited a waste water management plant at the
Purwokinanti district, a project financed by the Swiss government
and managed under the Yogyakarta Urban Development Project. (10)