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Sun, 10/26/2008 - 13:21
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PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO RETURNS HOME FROM BEIJING

Beijing, Oct 26 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his entourage returned home on Sunday, thus ending his five-day visit to China in a mission to attend the 7th Asia-Europe meeting in Beijing.
Accompanied by Madame Ani Yudhoyono, the president on board of a special Airbus A330-300 left the international airport of Beijing, at about 14:00 local time for the Halim Perdanakusuma airport of Jakarta.
The president and his entourage are expected to have arrived at the Halim Perdanakusuma airport of Jakarta at about 20:10 of the Western Indonesian Standard Times (WIB).
The president was in Beijing from October 22 to 26 to attend the Seventh Asia-Europe Meeting in Beijing from October 24-25, 2008 and other bilateral meetings with leaders of the countries
President Yudhoyono also attended a meeting of the leaders of ASEAN member countries and those of ASEAN+3 in addition to attend the 7th ASEM forum with other 42 heads of states/governments.

During his stay in Beijing, Yudhoyono also held a series of bilateral meetings with some leaders of Asia European countries such as Chinese President Hu Jintao, French President Nicholas Sarkozy, Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat and President of European Union Commission Jose Manual Barroso.

The 7th Asia-Europe Meeting resulted in some joint statements on the need for the world financial system reforms, thus hoping that the summit of leaders of the Group 20 member countries to be held in the United States on November 15 2008 will be able to produce more concrete decisions for a change.

Besides, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on all countries and international financial organizations to jointly deal with the global financial crisis.

"All parties, including international financial organizations should jointly attempt to solve the current global financial crisis," he said before hundreds of businessmen attending the 11th Asia-Europe Business Forum.

The Business Forum was held as part of a series of activities organized prior to the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit.

According to the president, international organizations such as World Bank, IMF, ASEM and ASEAN Plus 3 (China, Japan, and South Korea), should together think about measures and efforts to deal with the financial crisis.
The organizations should also hold dialogs to address the financial crisis and help recover the global financial condition, he said.

"We all hope that the current financial crisis could be soon over, and the ASEM momentum is expected to be able to find a solution to the problem," the president said.

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