Yudhoyono to meet Gillard in Darwin

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Yudhoyono to meet Gillard in Darwin
Fri, June 29 2012 21:48 |

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will meet with Australian prime minister Julia Gillard at the Indonesia-Australia Annual Leaders` Meeting in Darwin, Australia, a presidential spokesman said.

President Yudhoyono would leave for Darwin on July 2, said Teuku Faizasyah, the presidential special aide for foreign affairs, in a press statement received here on Friday.

The first Indonesia-Australia Annual Leaders` Meeting was held in Bali on November 20, 2011.

This time, Teuku said, the two leaders would discuss ways to increase economic cooperation between the two countries.

"There will be a boost in economic activities between Indonesia`s eastern regions and Australia`s Northern Territory," he added.

The two leaders would also follow up on the agreement made in Bali.

Besides attending the leaders` meeting, President Yudhoyono is scheduled to receive a courtesy call from Northern Territory chief minister Paul Raymond Henderson and opposition leader Tony Abbott.

He is also scheduled to meet with Australian businessmen from the Australia-Indonesia Business Council.

Then, President Yudhoyono will visit the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre at Royal Darwin Hospital.

The Australian hospital has set up a cooperation program with Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar, Bali.

President Yudhoyono, in the company of First Lady Any Yudhoyono, and his entourage are scheduled to return to Indonesia on July 4.(*

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