---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- The Jakarta Post, April 17th 2000 Japanese PM Backs RI Reforms TOKYO - Japan's new prime minister promised continued support for Indonesia's economic reform efforts in a brief meeting yesterday with visiting President Abdurrahman Wahid. Yoshiro Mori, who took office earlier this month after Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi collapsed and fell into a coma, told Wahid that he will carry on his predecessor's policies toward Indonesia, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry official. Wahid thanked Mori for Tokyo's su pport of the agreement among the Paris Club of creditor nations last week to reschedule US$5.8 billion in Indonesian debt, said the official, who briefed reporters after the meeting. The move reflects the world's confidence in Indonesian economic recovery. The Paris Club expects the International Monetary Fund to approve that package as early as June. Mori said Wahid's visit - Mori's first meeting with a head of state as prime minister - shows the importance of Japan- Indonesia relations. Wahid is on his way back from the Group of 77 summit of developing nations in Havana and left Tokyo a few hours after his arrival Sunday morning. Mori told Wahid he wanted to build "a warm, personal relationship," the official said. Mori also promised to convey Wahid's wishes for Obuchi's recovery to his family. Mori promised Tokyo's continued support for the "integrity of Indonesia" in the regions torn by separatist violence. He noted that Japan has recently pledged aid for refugees in the troubled province of Aceh. - AP More than 5,000 people have died in the past decade in the struggle to break away from Indonesia in Aceh. Both sides announced as July 3 the date for a meeting in Jakarta of experts from both nations on financial and international policy, the official said. Wahid and Obuchi agreed last November to start the group, called the Japan Indonesia Advisory Network. � AP ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 19 Apr 2000 jam 13:28:40 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
