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80452
Thu, 09/17/2009 - 15:32
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PRESIDENT RECEIVES MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
Jakarta, Sept. 17 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Anifah Aman at the presidential office here on Thursday.
The head of state was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda and Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Dai Bachtiar on the occasion.
Earlier the Malaysian foreign minister held a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart at the foreign ministry office, to discuss about the bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries.
Indonesia and Malaysia have so far been negotiating on their overlapping claims to the oil-rich Ambalat Block in East Kalimantan waters.
Recently, tens of Balinese artists in Denpasar staged a demonstration protesting a Malaysian tourism advertisement featuring the Balinese 'pendet' dance.
Malaysia had explained that the dance had been featured by accident in a tourism promotion video clip produced by a private company and broadcast over Discovery Channel.
Some Indonesians had earlier protested against alleged Malaysia's claims over East Java's Reog Ponorogo dance and Maluku's 'Rasa Sayange' song.
Despite the territorial and cultural disputes, however, the numbers of Indonesians and Malaysians visiting each other's country have increased.
According to 2008 data on Malaysian tourism , some 1.80 million Indonesians visited Malaysia in 2007, the second largest number after Singaporean tourists. Malaysia hopes to receive at least two million Indonesian tourists this year.
In 2008, a total of 818,000 Malaysians visited Indonesia. This year, the number of Malaysian tourists visiting Indonesia is expected to reach 930,000.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to visit Kuala Lumpur in October 2009.***
The head of state was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda and Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Dai Bachtiar on the occasion.
Earlier the Malaysian foreign minister held a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart at the foreign ministry office, to discuss about the bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries.
Indonesia and Malaysia have so far been negotiating on their overlapping claims to the oil-rich Ambalat Block in East Kalimantan waters.
Recently, tens of Balinese artists in Denpasar staged a demonstration protesting a Malaysian tourism advertisement featuring the Balinese 'pendet' dance.
Malaysia had explained that the dance had been featured by accident in a tourism promotion video clip produced by a private company and broadcast over Discovery Channel.
Some Indonesians had earlier protested against alleged Malaysia's claims over East Java's Reog Ponorogo dance and Maluku's 'Rasa Sayange' song.
Despite the territorial and cultural disputes, however, the numbers of Indonesians and Malaysians visiting each other's country have increased.
According to 2008 data on Malaysian tourism , some 1.80 million Indonesians visited Malaysia in 2007, the second largest number after Singaporean tourists. Malaysia hopes to receive at least two million Indonesian tourists this year.
In 2008, a total of 818,000 Malaysians visited Indonesia. This year, the number of Malaysian tourists visiting Indonesia is expected to reach 930,000.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to visit Kuala Lumpur in October 2009.***
