Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to make a working visit to Switzerland and a state visit to Japan next week to attend the International Labor Conference (ILC) and observe post earthquake and tsunami conditions in Japan.

Presidential spokesman Julian A Pasha said here on Thursday, in Geneva the President will attend the 100th session of the ILC along with some other heads of state.

"In Geneva, the President will also make a speech," he said.

The President and the First Lady, he said, also planned to visit the ILO office in Geneva. He also said that the 100th ILC session will also include a meeting with the UN Director General in Geneva, the WHO director general, and the Special Delegate of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction.

The President is scheduled to leave Jakarta on Monday morning (June 13) and arrive in Switzerland later in the evening to attend a series of ILC programs on Tuesday, and leave Switzerland on Wednesday morning.

Julian added that the President would visit Japan to meet an invitation from the Japanese Emperor and observe the post earthquake and tsunami conditions in Miyagi.

"In Japan the President will also meet Prime Minister Naoto Kan, and attend some other meetings," he said.

On Friday (June 17) the President will visit accommodations of earthquake and tsunami victims.

"The President planned to visit the locations," he added.

The Indonesian government, he added, will also provide humanitarian aid to the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan.

In Tokyo, the President is also slated to deliver a presidential lecture at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), entitled Responding to International Challenges, Strengthening Indonesia-Japan Relations to be attended by 300 invitees, including politicians, academicians, business people, and last but not least several Indonesians there," he said. (*)

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