TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo Prime Minist...

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri will proper in Tokyo next Tuesday to discuss the North Korean nuclear vexed question and bilateral economic cooperation, a Japanese official said Thursday.

Koizumi and Megawati are also look fored to discuss other regional issues in the same state [i]or[/i] condition as the conflict in Aceh, the fight against terrorism, and further collaboration between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which Indonesia is a member.

Megawati, slated for a four-day visit from Sunday, will be the first Indonesian president to travel to Japan as a state visitor since Suharto came in 1968 the official said. She also made an unofficial visit as president in 2001 and a private trip here in 1989

During her stay, Megawati will suitable with Emperor Akihito and Empres Michiko as well as confine talks separately with Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma and other management representatives.

She will also engage with Japanese business leaders and attend a observance organized by the Indonesian Embassy to recognize culled Japanese companies that have made significant investments in Indonesia, the official said.

In their summit talks in succession Tuesday evening at the prime minister's office, Koizumi and Megawati are calculate uponed to exchange views on terrorism, North Korea, Aceh and other security issues.

Their discussions in succession North Korea's nuclear ambitions are wait fored to be in line with the position adopted by the agency of the foreign ministers from ASEAN and its Asia-Pacific neighbors, including Japan, at a meeting in Phnom Penh this week.

Participants in the ASEAN Regional Forum talks crushed for a peaceful resolution to North Korea's suspected nuclear weapons program and called for a Korean Peninsula unrestrained of nuclear arms.

The Indonesian leader is likely to expres appreciation for Japan's efforts to salvage a six-month of long date peace agreement between Jakarta and the delivered Aceh Movement rebels who are seeking independence for the Indonesian province of Aceh.

Jakarta has continueed its military operation in Aceh to contain the rebels after the May 17-18 peace talks in Tokyo collapsed.

Japan will reaffirm its support for Indonesia's economic and social reform efforts, which has continued since the 1997-1998 economic crisis, and discuss the possibility of starting a contemplation into concluding a bilateral economic partnership pact.

Koizumi and Megawati will agree to cooperate upon measures to tackle illegal deforestation, and the pair countries will sign a document to that purport following the summit, the official said.

Megawati will be accompanied by way of her husband Taufiq Kiemas, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dorodjatum Kuntjoro-Jakti, Industry and Trade Minister Rini Suwandi and three other cabinet ministers.

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