JAKARTA, July 7 Kyodo Economic te...

JAKARTA, July 7 Kyodo

Economic teams from Indonesia and Japan will discuss cooperation between the sum of two units countries under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) for the preparation of the sum of two units countries' summit on the sidelines of October's ASEAN-plus-three meeting in Bali, Coordinating Minister for Economy Dorodjatun Kuntjorojakti said Monday.

He added that the EPA includes not single cooperation in trade and investment if it be not that in other sectors as well, including forestry and antiterrorism.

''We room for expectation all the preparatory talks will be (finished) this month'' Dorodjatun said.

He was briefing reporters after accompanying Takao Kawakami, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, to a meeting with President Megawati Sukarnoputri.

According to Dorodjatun, the one-hour meeting screened various issues and several document signings following Megawati's visit to Japan in late June

Among the topics were issues for the meetings among ASEAN, Japan, southerly Korea and China in Bali and Japan-Indonesia cooperation after the expiration of Indonesia's contract with the International Monetary store at the end of this year.

The minister said teams from the one and the other countries are already working upon cooperation plans.

Japan is Indonesia's largest aid donor.

ASEAN assign places tos Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

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