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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama plan to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asean+3 Summit in Thailand on Saturday, presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said."The two heads of government will conduct a bilateral meeting on October 24, 2009," Dino said at the presidential office here on Friday.
He said on the occasion the two leaders would discuss comprehensive partnership between the two countries and efforts to increase cooperation and relations between the two countries.
Indonesia and Japan have had diplomatic relations since 50 years ago.
He said it was not impossible they would also discuss Japan`s role in the reconstruction efforts in Padang, West Sumatra, which had been ravaged by a strong earthquake on September 30.
"They would also discuss multi-lateralization of the Chiang Mai Initiative (the initiative of ASEAN+3 to overcome global crisis)," he said.
Both Yudhoyono and Hatoyama just received a mandate from the people to lead their respective country after winning the general elections.
Yudhoyono won a re-election while Hatoyama`s victory was the first made by candidate who did not come from the Liberal Democratic Party that had ruled that country in the past 50 years.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) consists of Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. The ASEAN+3 includes Japan, South Korea and China.
In a special interview with Indonesia, Japanese ambassador to Indonesia, Kojiro Shiojiri, expressed his confidence that Indonesia under the leadership of President Yudhoyono would continue promoting bilateral cooperation between Japan and Indonesia in various sectors particularly the economic sector.
He said Indonesia was very important for Japan because the country had no longer been a developing country as it had now participated in the G-20 whose membership includes big countries such as Japan, Australia, South Korea and China.
"I do not agree if Indonesia is called as a developing country because democracy has been created there. This country also keeps making efforts to eradicate corruption and has a strong desire to change," he said.(ANTARA News)
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