Indonesian President to Visit Australia in April

Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid will visit Australia in the first week of April, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported on Saturday.

Wahid said he would make the visit despite opposition from " narrow-minded" nationalists in Indonesia and Australia, the AAP reported.

"There are oppositions to the visit from the narrow-minded nationalists that wouldn't like to see me go to Australia," President Wahid was quoted as saying in an interview with Australia's Channel Nine TV network.

"But you should know that that thing was reciprocated by narrow- minded people in Australia as well," Wahid said.

On his itinerary are stops in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Darwin as well as a visit to New Zealand, the AAP said.






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