Yudhoyono meets Japan's Hatoyama in Thailand
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sun, 10/25/2009 9:14 AM | World
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the sidelines of the regional summit in Hua Hin, Thailand, Sunday morning.
During their 40-minute meeting, Yudhoyono and Hatoyama discussed bilateral as well as multilateral issues of interests to both countries, Antara news agency reported.
On bilateral issues, both leaders discussed ways to improve relations between the two countries as well as Japan's roles in the reconstruction process of earthquake-devastated towns and villages in West Sumatra.
On multilateral issues, they discussed the follow up of the Chiang Mai Multilateralization Initiative, which aims to create a network of multi-billion dollar bilateral swap arrangements between Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries and China, South Korea and Japan to address short-term liquidity difficulties in the region.
Earlier this year, Japan and Indonesia signed a new currency swap agreement on which the latter will have access to an additional 1.5 trillion yen (US$15.7 billion) of reserves as a precautionary measure in the event of a financial crisis.
After the bilateral meeting, the two leaders then joined other leaders in the region and attended the East Asia Summit, which comprises 10 leaders form ASEAN, plus China, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia and New Zealand.
Then later in the day, Yudhoyono would attend the closing ofIndonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the sidelines of the regional summit in Hua Hin, Thailand, Sunday morning.
During their 40-minute meeting, Yudhoyono and Hatoyama discussed bilateral as well as multilateral issues of interests to both countries, Antara news agency reported.
On bilateral issues, both leaders discussed ways to improve relations between the two countries as well as Japan's roles in the reconstruction process of earthquake-devastated towns and villages in West Sumatra.
On multilateral issues, they discussed the follow up of the Chiang Mai Multilateralization Initiative, which aims to create a network of multi-billion dollar bilateral swap arrangements between Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries and China, South Korea and Japan to address short-term liquidity difficulties in the region.
Earlier this year, Japan and Indonesia signed a new currency swap agreement on which the latter will have access to an additional 1.5 trillion yen (US$15.7 billion) of reserves as a precautionary measure in the event of a financial crisis.
After the bilateral meeting, the two leaders then joined other leaders in the region and attended the East Asia Summit, which comprises 10 leaders form ASEAN, plus China, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia and New Zealand.
Then later in the day, Yudhoyono would attend the closing of the ASEAN summit.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the sidelines of the regional summit in Hua Hin, Thailand, Sunday morning.
During their 40-minute meeting, Yudhoyono and Hatoyama discussed bilateral as well as multilateral issues of interests to both countries, Antara news agency reported.
On bilateral issues, both leaders discussed ways to improve relations between the two countries as well as Japan's roles in the reconstruction process of earthquake-devastated towns and villages in West Sumatra.
On multilateral issues, they discussed the follow up of the Chiang Mai Multilateralization Initiative, which aims to create a network of multi-billion dollar bilateral swap arrangements between Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries and China, South Korea and Japan to address short-term liquidity difficulties in the region.
Earlier this year, Japan and Indonesia signed a new currency swap agreement on which the latter will have access to an additional 1.5 trillion yen (US$15.7 billion) of reserves as a precautionary measure in the event of a financial crisis.
After the bilateral meeting, the two leaders then joined other leaders in the region and attended the East Asia Summit, which comprises 10 leaders form ASEAN, plus China, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia and New Zealand.
Then later in the day, Yudhoyono would attend the closing of the ASEAN summit.
