RI, Kl Agree To Enhance Ties Through Epg

The seven EPG members from Indonesia are Gen (ret) Try Sutrisno, former vice president, Ali Alatas, former foreign minister, Quraisy Shihab, former religious affairs minister, Des Alwi, former foreign ministry official, Musni Umar, lecturer at the University of Indonesia (UI) and chairman of the Institute for Social Empowerment and Democracy (Insed), Maria Purenti Sri Suniarti, lecturer at UI and chief of the Pudentia Verbal Tradition Association, and Wahyuni Bahar, deputy chief of the Permanent Committee on International Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Trade of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin).

Meanwhile, the Malaysian side is represented by Musa Hitam, Mohammad Zaidi Zainuddin, Khuu Kay Kim, Halim Ali, Amar Dr Haji Hamid Bugur, Joseph Pailin Kitingan and Syed Ali Taufik Alatas.

In his address to the EPG`s inauguration, President Yudhoyono said problems had often arisen from bilateral relations and that the two countries must be committed to resolving the problems.

He expressed hope that EPG members would soon hold a coordination meeting to inventorize all problems arising from the relations between the two countries.

"Through mutually beneficial approaches, the two sides could resolve the problems arising from their bilateral ties," he said.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi meanwhile said ...