Denpasar (Antara Bali) - Four heads of government from Southeast Asian
countries are expected to take part in the two-day Bali Democracy Forum
(BDF) starting on Oct 10.
"So far four heads of state including
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono are expected to attend the Seventh
BDF," commander of BDF the security task force Brig. Gen. Ruslian
Hariadi said here on Monday.
The other three heads of government
include Philippine President Benigno Aquino, East Timor Prime Minister
Xanana Gusmao, and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
The meeting of Asia Pacific foreign ministers will discuss regional cooperation in political and democracy development.
This
year, the theme of the forum is to strengthen the democracy
architecture to meet the regional challenges in political and democracy
development.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is to open the forum, which would be the last BDF to be attended by the outgoing president.
Yudhoyono is to hand over the presidency to president elect Joko Widodo on August 20.
A
number of non governmental organizations are also invited to attend the
forum such as the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) and Perludem. (WDY)
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