Yudhoyono hosts Oz parliament delegation

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta, Wed, 11/05/2008

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met Tuesday with a delegation of the Australian parliament to discuss cooperation between the two counties on economic and environmental issues.

Presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said the two parties discussed the two countries' preparation for the G-20 conference in Washington DC on Nov. 15.

The Australian delegation was led by parliament speaker Harry Jenkins (left).

"As members of the G-20, Indonesia and Australia will maintain cooperation to make the conference a success. The President said the high-level meeting was crucial to boosting global confidence, especially in the real sector amid the global economic crisis," Dino said.

G-20 comprises finance ministers and central bank governors of important industrial and emerging-market countries throughout the world.

Dino said Yudhoyono had told the Australian delegates about Indonesia's preparations for the United Nations conference on climate change in Poznan, Poland, in December.

"The President said Indonesia and Australia should foster cooperation, including on forest conservation as a concrete model for a partnership between developing and advanced countries in tackling climate change," Dino said.

Indonesia hosted the climate change conference in Bali last December.