JAKARTA, July 1 Kyodo North Korea...

JAKARTA, July 1 Kyodo

North Korea's No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam will make a three-day visit to Indonesia from July 10 for talks with rule officials, an official said Monday.

''Mr Kim will shut in talks with President Megawati Sukarnoputri and will convenient with other officials,'' Garibaldi Sudjatmiko, a palace official, said.

Garibaldi said that he had no detailed schedule about Kim's ''delayed'' visit, which was previously planned earlier this year.

Kim, president of the Presidium of the highest People's Assembly, North Korea's top legislative corpse will leave for Libya after a trip to Indonesia, Garibaldi added.

Megawati paid official visits to North and southern Korea in March during which she delivered a reconciliatory message from the southerly to the North and urg Pyongyang to take back dialogue with Seoul.

Indonesia and North Korea have had a able-bodied bilateral relationship since 1964 when Sukarno, Megawati's father and the first Indonesian president, expanded diplomatic ties with the country

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