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JAKARTA : The governments of Indonesia and Myanmar have agreed to postpone a visit this week by Myanmar Prime Minister Lieutenant General Thein Sein, the president's spokesman said Sunday.
Indonesia's ex-president Suharto is currently in hospital critically ill following multiple organ failure on Friday. Doctors said Sunday that his condition had stabilised after he was hooked to a ventilation machine.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono cut short an official visit to Malaysia on Saturday by several hours to rush back to Jakarta, but Suharto, who was first hospitalised on January 4, appeared to improve by the time he returned.
Yudhoyono immediately held a meeting with his Cabinet ministers to discuss the situation.
Thein Sein's visit was to have primarily focused on enhancing bilateral economic relations, the president's spokesman Dino Patti Djalal told AFP.
"Following consultations with the government of Myanmar, there has been an agreement reached to postpone the visit because the national mood is not conducive (for a visit) at the moment," he said.
"We will reschedule the visit at a time more convenient to both sides."
Thein Sein was declared Myanmar's prime minister in October last year to replace former premier Soe Win, who reliquished his post last May and died in October.
Myanmar's prime minister is thought to exert little control over the country, as all real power lies with Senior General Than Shwe and the military leadership.
- AFP/ir
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