Somare to meet US President later this year
Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:00pm
Foreign Affairs,Trade and Immigration Minister,Sam Abal said he is
satisfied with the outcome of three overseas engagements he had
attended in the past two weeks.
Mr Abal briefed the media on his meetings in the United States of
America,China and Indonesia, upon his arrival yesterday afternoon.
He was particularly pleased with the outcome of the meeting in
Washington, where he met with US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton
on discussions for a possible meeting with US president, Barrack Obama
and various other issues.
"I discussed that plus one or two other issues which I carried on
with the technical officials later, which includes the possible
participation in the UN peace keeping forces.
"The Secretary of State mentioned to me that she would make a note of
that request for our prime minister to meet President Barak Obama
later in the year," Minister Abal said.
Mr Abal was in Washington to commemorate 50 years of the Antarctic
Treaty which PNG is a signatory to.
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