A special envoy of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will visit South Korea next week, leading a large-scale delegation for economic cooperation talks, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.
Hatta Rajasa, coordinating minister for economic affairs, will lead the 50-member delegation of government officials and business leaders on a Feb. 15-17 trip to South Korea, the ministry said.
The visit is part of an economic cooperation development agreement that South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Indonesian President Yudhoyono reached during a summit in December.
The delegation plans to brief South Korean officials on Indonesia's mid- and long-term economic development plans and explore the possibilities of South Korean firms participating in infrastructure construction, transportation and energy projects in the country.
On Wednesday, the delegation plans to pay a visit to President Lee and hold talks with senior officials about economic cooperation, investment prospects for Indonesia and ways to improve investment conditions in the Southeast Asian nation.
The delegation plans to hold a Korea-Indonesia business forum to discuss ways to promote business exchanges, take a ride on South Korea's high-speed KTX train and visit Seoul's traffic control center and the port of Pyeongtaek on the west coast.
"The visit is expected to serve as a good opportunity to further solidify the strategic partnership relations between the two countries and share our economic development experience with Indonesia," a foreign ministry official said.