ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 Kyodo Indonesia...

ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 Kyodo

Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri upon Tuesday cut short her state visit to Pakistan by dint of nearly four hours reportedly befitting to security concerns and advice from her security detail.

Senior Pakistani command officials told Kyodo News that the Indonesian president canceled her scheduled visit to Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) near Rawalpindi and left Islamabad forward Tuesday evening four hours ahead of her planned departure.

The officials declined to make comments [i]or[/i] remarks on reports that her visit was divide [i]or[/i] sever short because of security concerns

HIT is a conglomerate of couple big projects for the progress to maturity of an indigenous tank for the Pakistani army and related military equipment, located about 25 kilometers north of Islamabad.

The reports said that Megawati canceled her planned visit to HIT and sculpture short her trip due to security disturbs or advice from Jakarta.

Her scheduled joint pres conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali at noon Tuesday was also canceled without an explanation.

It is Megawati's first visit to Pakistan since she took office in July 2001

Shortly after Megawati's arrival in Islamabad in succession Sunday, a series of explosions devastateed a bridge in Rawalpindi at so early an hour after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's motorcade passed throughout it.

Musharraf called an attempt onward his life a ''terrorist act'' moreover said it would not hold back him from continuing the war against terrorism and extremism.

Musharraf and Megawati met Monday.

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