Annan Heads To India After Wrapping Up Trip To Indonesia
New York, Apr 25 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today left for India for an official visit after wrapping up his programme
in Indonesia, where he attended a summit of Asian and African leaders and also took part in the fiftieth anniversary
commemoration of the 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung.
Before leaving the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, the Secretary-General on Saturday held 12 bilateral meetings on the
summit's sidelines, including talks with Presidents Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, Than Shwe of Myanmar, Omer Hassan
Al-Bashir of Sudan, and Hu Jintao of China.
During a press conference between meetings, Mr. Annan also confirmed that he would be visiting Moscow next month for the
sixtieth anniversary of the end of World War II.
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