Timor-Leste newly-elected President Jose Ramos Horta is to make a first official visit to Jakarta on Monday, a local Media reported Jakarta on Saturday.

Horta was scheduled to meet his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday, discussing border control, friendship, truth and education, said a statement from Timor-Leste presidential office.

The Nobel peace laureate Horta is due to make his first official international trip after being elected President in a landslide victory last month and his office has said the inaugural three-day trip indicates Indonesia is one of his top priorities.

The new president, who was sworn in as president on May 20, said his visit to Indonesia showed the importance of good bilateral relations between the two countries.

"There are important issues to be discussed during the bilateral meetings, such as the land border and the update of work by the Commission of Truth and Friendship," Horta was quoted by the Jakarta Post as saying.

The truth commission's task is to research "incidents" that occurred before and after the UN-organized referendum that provided Timor-Leste independence from Indonesia in 1999.

Timor-Leste is dependent on Indonesia for food and other essential items and is badly in need of foreign investment to launch development programs.

Horta is scheduled to meet with the People's Consultative Assembly chief Hidayat Nurwahid and the House of Representatives speaker Agung Laksono before holding talks with Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

Source: Xinhua