PRESIDENT CHIU STOICA OF RUMANIA AND THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER, CHEN YI, ARRIVED AT DJAKARTA YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) TO TAKE PART IN THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF INDONESIA'S INDEPENDENCE.

THE CELEBRATIONS START OFFICIALLY TOMORROW.

PRESIDENT STOICA ARRIVED SEVERAL HOURS AHEAD OF THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER. HE WAS WELCOMED BY PRESIDENT SUKARNO AT DJAKARTA'S KEMORJAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

CHEN YI WAS WELCOMED BY THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, DOCTOR SUBANDRIO.

PRESIDENT STOICA INSPECTED A GUARD OF HONOUR AT THE AIRPORT, AND WAS INTRODUCED TO MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, INCLUDING THE AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR, MR. KEITH SHANN.