Asia-Pacific

Bush to visit Indonesia

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-03 15:46

US President George W. Bush is slated to visit Indonesia after the APEC meeting in Vietnam next month, an Indonesian government spokesman said Tuesday.

"Yes, Bush will come to Indonesia," said Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Desra Percaya.

The specific date of Bush's visit has not been decided, he said.

The APEC summit in Vietnam is scheduled on November 18-20.

Bush first visited Indonesia in October 2003, when he made a three-hour stopover at the Ngurah Rai Airport on Bali island en route to Australia .

During the brief visit, he held talks on anti-terror cooperation with then president Megawati Soekaroputri.