Indonesia, Japan to sign economic agreement

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JAKARTA, Aug 4 (Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will sign the long-awaited economic partnership agreement (EPA) during his visit to Jakarta later this month, marking another milestone in the development of the bilateral relations.
Abe is scheduled to arrive here August 19 on a three-day visit. He and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono are expected to sign the EPA on August 20.
"After the EPA is signed by the two leaders, there will be a memorandum of understanding signing on five energy deals," Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) chairman Muhammad Hidayat was quoted Saturday by English daily The Jakarta Post as saying.