SEOUL, JUNE 9, SPA -- INDONESIAN PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO PLANSTO VISIT NORTH KOREA AND THEN TRAVEL ON TO SOUTH KOREA NEXT MONTH, DPA QUOTED INDONESIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER HASSAN WIRAJUDA AS SAYING FRIDAY DURING AVISIT IN SEOUL. YUDHOYONO HAD TO POSTPONE A TRIP TO THE TWO KOREAS PLANNED FORTHIS WEEK AFTER LAST MONTH’S DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE IN YOGYAKARTA INJAVA ISLAND. "THE PRESIDENT WILL BE VISITING PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA, ANDCONTINUES HIS VISIT TO SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA," WIRAJUDA TOLD A PRESSCONFERENCE, FOLLOWING TALKS WITH HIS SOUTH KOREAN COUNTERPARK, BAN KIMOON. THE SOUTH KOREAN YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SAID, CITING DIPLOMATICSOURCES, THAT THE INDONESIAN PRESIDENT WOULD LIKELY ARRIVE IN SEOULON JULY 19 FOR A THREE-DAY VISIT, FOLLOWED BY A TWO-DAY VISIT TOPYONGYANG. PRIOR TO THE CANCELLATION OF THE TRIP IN JUNE, THE INDONESIANFOREIGN MINISTRY SAID THAT YUDHOYONO’S VISIT TO NORTH KOREA WOULD BEINTENDED TO BOOST THE REUNIFICATION PROCESS OF THE TWO KOREAS,INCLUDING FINDING A SOLUTION FOR NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR ISSUE.--SPA 09/06/2006 15:10 ت م www.spa.gov.sa/367426
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