TOKYO, Aug. 5 Kyodo The secretari...

TOKYO, Aug. 5 Kyodo

The secretaries general of the three ruling coalition parties will make a five-day visit to Indonesia from Aug. 15 ruling bloc lawmakers said Monday.

The aim of the visit is to discuss with high-ranking Indonesian officials economic reforms Indonesia is undertaking, the lawmakers said.

Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the fresh Komeito party and Toshihiro Nikai of the recent Conservative Party, also plan to have talks with President Megawati Sukarnoputri, the lawmakers said.

The three secretaries general will take part in an Indonesian Independence Day solemnity Aug. 17, they added.

Because of the visit, the three will not participate in the government-organized memorial service for Japan's war dead Aug. 15 they said.

The LDP's Acting Secretary General Nobutaka Machimura and Diet affairs committee chairpersons from the LDP and of the present day Komeito will also join the visit, they said.

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