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Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:22
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PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO TO VISIT MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 11 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will visit Kuala Lumpur for a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, in early October 2009.

"President Yudhoyono's plan to visit Kuala Lumpur has been conveyed to the Malaysian ambassador when the latter bid farewell at the presidential palace. Jakarta will visit early October 2009, and Malaysia offers October 9, 2009," Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Da'i Bachtiar said.

The agenda of the bilateral meeting between the two neighboring countries' leaders would include issues on food security, regional security, and terrorism, Da'i Bachtiar , former national police chief, said at a press conference attended by Malaysian and Indonesian journalists.

The visit will be President Yudhoyono's first visit since Najib Tun Razak became Malaysian Prime Minister.

On the current tension on the Malaysian and Indonesian relations following an outrage by some Indonesian people accusing Malaysia of 'stealing' Indonesian culture, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed regret over the sweeps against Malaysian nationals done by a certain group of people in the country recently.

"The President has asked the security personnel to take a stern action against those conducting such a sweeping. The president also has guaranteed the security of Malaysian nationals in Indonesia," he said.

The two leaders have agreed on protecting and improving the bilateral ties of the two neighboring countries. "Now, it's how to strengthen the relation between the two countries' peoples and press," the ambassador said.

We have a program on inter media dialog inviting Malaysian editors in-chief to Jakarta, and vice verse," Da'i Bachtiar said.

The two nations would also carry out an exchange of visit program between their arts delegations as well as historians.

President Yudhoyono said in Jakarta last Thursday said that sweeping operations would only create new problem while the government had carried out its tasks with regard to the Malaysian issue by sending a note of protest and several diplomatic actions.

He said that the problems between the two countries should be managed wisely, but there were also problems such as the border problem with which we had to be firm.

On other problems such as batik clothes, songs and dances, the president said that the people should understand the interaction process between the peoples of Indonesia and Malaysia. ***


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