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Indonesia`s President Megawati to visit Pakistan
Islamabad, Dec 03: Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri will pay a four-day visit to Pakistan this month, her first to the country, the foreign ministry said today.
Islamabad, Dec 03: Indonesian President Megawati
Sukarnoputri will pay a four-day visit to Pakistan this month,
her first to the country, the foreign ministry said today.
"President Megawati will visit Pakistan from December
13 to 17," foreign ministry spokesman Masood Khan told.
She will meet her Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf and senior officials to discuss bilateral ties and economic and trade cooperation, Khan said.
Musharraf and Megawati met twice this year on the sidelines of the Non Aligned Movement and Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) Summits in Malaysia in February and October.
The last Indonesian head of state to visit Pakistan was Megawati's predecessor Abdurrahman Wahid, who travelled to the Islamic Republic in mid-2000.
Musharraf visited Indonesia earlier the same year, some five months after seizing power in an army coup. Bureau Report
She will meet her Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf and senior officials to discuss bilateral ties and economic and trade cooperation, Khan said.
Musharraf and Megawati met twice this year on the sidelines of the Non Aligned Movement and Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) Summits in Malaysia in February and October.
The last Indonesian head of state to visit Pakistan was Megawati's predecessor Abdurrahman Wahid, who travelled to the Islamic Republic in mid-2000.
Musharraf visited Indonesia earlier the same year, some five months after seizing power in an army coup. Bureau Report