SYRIAN ENVOY MEETS WITH MPR CHAIRMAN, HOUSE SPEAKER

       Jakarta, Nov. 16/2005 (ANTARA) - Syrian Ambassador to Indonesia Mohamad Darwish Baladi held meetings consecutively with Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Hidayat Nurwahid, and House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono to discuss bilateral and regional issues here at the Parliament Building, Tuesday.

        "We talked on bilateral relations, especially the political ties between Syria and Indonesia. We particularly emphasized on how to strengthen the cooperation between the People's Consultative Assemblies and Parliaments of the two countries," Ambassador Baladi told ANTARA following the two meetings.

WSIS TO DEVELOP COMMON VISION OF INFORMATION OF TOMORROW

    Jakarta, Nov. 15/2005 (ANTARA) - Tunisia is hosting the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) whose process was launched in Geneva in December 2003, under the auspices of the United Nations, from November 16 to 18, 2005.
      "The call for a Summit was made by Tunisia at the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union in Minneapolis (USA) in 1998," said Sadok Boudguiga, First Secretary in charge of the Press of the Tunisian embassy in Jakarta, in a statement here, Wednesday.