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11356
Thu, 07/03/2008 - 23:27
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A'LIA TO SUPPORT RI'S BID FOR IPU PRESIDENCY
Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA) - Australia's parliament will support Indonesia's bid to get elected as Interparliamentary Union (IPU) president at the union's congress in Geneva next October, sources at Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) said.
The Australian backing was expressed by an Australian parliamentary delegation led by Senator Michael Foreshaw at a meeting with the DPR leadership here Thursday.
Other members of the Australian parliamentary delegation were David Hawker, Arch Bevis, Michael Danby, Andrew Robb and Phillip Ruddock.
At the meeting, DPR Speaker Agung Laksono was accompanied by the chairman of the DPR's Inter-parliamentary Cooperation Board (BKSAP), Abdillah Toha, and the chariman of the DPR's Commission I, Theo Sambuaga.
The Australian delegation had come to Jakarta for a dialogue with Indonesian parliamentarians organized by the DPR in cooperation with the Australian parliament and themed "Parliament and Its Role in Promoting Regional Cooperation."
The forum was meant as an opportunity for the two parliamnents to become more familiar with each other's work mechanisms.
Other issues taken up in the dialogue were the political situation in Indonesia ahead of its 2009 general elections, common borders security, the legal, political and economic aspects of the presence of migrant workers, and a number of Indonesia-Australia agreements, especially the Lombok Treaty aigned in November 20 and effective since last February 7.
The Australian backing was expressed by an Australian parliamentary delegation led by Senator Michael Foreshaw at a meeting with the DPR leadership here Thursday.
Other members of the Australian parliamentary delegation were David Hawker, Arch Bevis, Michael Danby, Andrew Robb and Phillip Ruddock.
At the meeting, DPR Speaker Agung Laksono was accompanied by the chairman of the DPR's Inter-parliamentary Cooperation Board (BKSAP), Abdillah Toha, and the chariman of the DPR's Commission I, Theo Sambuaga.
The Australian delegation had come to Jakarta for a dialogue with Indonesian parliamentarians organized by the DPR in cooperation with the Australian parliament and themed "Parliament and Its Role in Promoting Regional Cooperation."
The forum was meant as an opportunity for the two parliamnents to become more familiar with each other's work mechanisms.
Other issues taken up in the dialogue were the political situation in Indonesia ahead of its 2009 general elections, common borders security, the legal, political and economic aspects of the presence of migrant workers, and a number of Indonesia-Australia agreements, especially the Lombok Treaty aigned in November 20 and effective since last February 7.
