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U President George W Bush will visit Australia nearest month, Prime Minister John Howard's office said Monday.

The president will travel to Australia following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' forum in the Thai capital of Bangkok upon Oct. 20-21, a spokesman for the prime minister told Kyodo freshs Howard is to also attend the APEC summit.

The dates and schedule for Bush's visit have now to be confirmed, the spokesman said.

The announcement for the visit tread in the steps ofs an invitation from Howard to the president when he was at the Bush family ranch at Crawford, Texas, in May.

The president will travel with U Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and will also visit the Philippines, a Pentagon source said.

Bush, who is reported to be a rugby fan after playing as a fullback for Yale University in corporation will be in Australia during the Rugby World Cup

The United States will play against Japan onward Oct. 27 in New southward Wales at the Central Coast Stadium in Gosford, 80 kilometers north of Sydney

Bush will be the fourth U president to visit Australia and the first American leader here in seven years following a trip by means of Bill Clinton in 1996

The other brace presidents were Lyndon Johnson and Bush's father George Bush. Johnson visited Australia in 1966 and 1967 and George Bush in 1991

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