U.S. President George W. Bush is to hold talks with his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and a number of Indonesian officials during his visit on Nov. 20 to the biggest Muslim country, focusing on the efforts to boost investment and combat bird flu in Indonesia, the Indonesian presidential spokesman said in Jakarta Tuesday.

President Bush will arrive in Bogor, a town on the outskirts of Jakarta, after his visit to Hanoi and Singapore, said spokesman Dino Pati Djalal.

"In Bogor, President Bush will have a meeting with President Susilo and five other leaders from different fields in about 45 minutes," Dino told a press conference here.

During the meeting, Indonesia will encourage the United States to increase investment in the country, which records a huge demand of investment in infrastructure, particularly in the field of energy, he said.

The United States has invested over one billion U.S. dollars in 205 projects in the biggest Southeast Asian economy in the last six years, mostly in the energy sector, said Dino.

"We will keep encouraging the investment from the United States to (come into) Indonesia," he said.

On avian influenza, the issue will be discussed due to a concern on Indonesia's top position in terms of the number of victims,.

Fifty-five out of 72 contracted people have died of bird flu in Indonesia, according to the health ministry.

The United States has promised to assist Indonesia with tens of millions of U.S, dollars to help prevent avian influenza from spreading in the vast archipelago country, whose most parts have been infected by the highly pathogenic H5N1. But until now, the promise has not been realized.

Experts have warned the international community about the risk of the disease should Indonesia fail to stop the virus from developing.

In addition, Indonesia will also stress the discussion of natural disaster management, education and information technology, Dino said.

"On the disaster management, the focus will be on establishing a tsunami early warning system," he said.

Indonesia has experienced a series of catastrophes that have claimed over hundreds of thousands of lives, including the tsunamis in Aceh province in 2004, and in south of Java island in 2006. The huge fatality is believed due to the absence of an early warning of the disasters.

The spokesman said that in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting in Vietnam in mid-November, President Susilo Bambang Yudyonono will also have a bilateral meeting with Bush to discuss economic cooperation.

Source: Xinhua