RI MINISTER ON WORLD TOUR TO INTRODUCE VISION ON WTO

By Andi Abdussalam

Jakarta, Feb 7 (Antara) - Indonesia's Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Mari Elka Pangestu has been on a world tour in the past several weeks to introduce her vision and mission as one the World Trade Organization (WTO) director general candidates.          In her bid to become director general of the World Trade Organization, Mari Elka Pangestu, has embarked on a world tour to persuade the trade bloc's 158 members to vote for her.          After being cleared to qualify as one of nine candidates for the organizations top job, Mari has met in Brussels with Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, and Karel De Gucht, the European Union trade commissioner.          She has also delivered her vision and mission in a meeting in the WTO General Council in Geneva. She met with WTO representatives of a number of countries and visited a number of cities such as Washington, Beijing, Brussles, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, United Arab Emirate, Abidjan and Abuja.