U.S. envoy to visit Indonesia

U.S. envoy to visit Indonesia

JAKARTA (JP): The United States Ambassador to the United
Nations Richard Holbrooke will arrive here on Saturday morning to
conduct talks with top government officials before heading to
East Timor.

Holbrooke, who will be accompanied by U.S. Assistant Secretary
Stanley Roth, is scheduled to meet separately with President
Abdurrahman Wahid, Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri, Foreign
Ministry Alwi Shihab and Minister of Defense Juwono Sudarsono.

He will go to Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, on Sunday before
visiting refugee camps in Atambua and then proceeding to Dili.

According to a United States Embassy statement he will depart
on Tuesday.

The statement said that Holbrooke would be in Jakarta to
discuss issues relating to East Timor, including UN operations on
both sides of the island.

In East Timor he will meet with UN transitional administrator
Sergio de Mello as well as East Timorese leader Jose Alexandre
"Xanana" Gusmao. (mds)