BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 30 Kyodo ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 30 Kyodo

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi reiterated Tuesday that Japan will continue to back Indonesia's efforts to pres ahead with economic reforms, a Japanese official said.

Kawaguchi pledg Japan's continued support in her meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda forward the sidelines of a series of high-profile talks being held in Brunei this week on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the official said.

She also noted the ne for Indonesia to steadily implement economic reform programs crafted from the International Monetary Fund and cooperate with international society.

in succession another issue, Kawaguchi was quot as saying that while Japan supports Indonesia's national unity and territorial integrity, it wants to diocese the ongoing conflict between the guidance and separatist rebels in the province of Aceh resolv by the and of dialogue rather than violence.

Hassan replied that the central restraint in Jakarta will strive to enhance dialogue between separatists and those wanting Aceh to remain part of Indonesia, according to the official.

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