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85798
Fri, 10/23/2009 - 14:06
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FOUR LEADERS SKIP 15TH ASEAN SUMMIT OPENING CEREMONY
By D. Arul Rajoo
HUA HIN, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- The heads of governments from Cambodia,
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines will skip the opening ceremony of the
15th Asean Summit here Friday due to their domestic commitments, Thai Foreign
Minister Kasit Piromya said.
He told a press conference that all the Leaders would join their
counterparts from Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam and Brunei for
other related Summits that end on Sunday.
Kasit said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who is also
the Finance Minister, was scheduled to present the government's 2010 budget
report in the Malaysian Parliament Friday.
Najib, who is expected to arrive here about 9pm, will be represented by
Foreign Minister Anifah Aman at the opening ceremony in the morning and
several other meetings.
Kasit also confirmed that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who created a
storm in diplomatic relations with Thailand after publicly offering a place to
stay to fugitive ex-Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, would attend the Summit.
Hun Sen is expected to fly in after the end of the official visit by
South
Korean president Lee Myung-bak to Cambodia.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is busy with the formation of
the country's new cabinet which was sworn in Thursday.
The signing of the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of Asean was
postponed to Sunday due to the absence of Indonesia's Foreign Minister Raden
Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa, who was only appointed Thursday.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is likely to propose a
US$5 billion Asean Cooperation Adaptation Fund during the Summit, is also
expected to arrive here Friday night.
Bangkok has imposed the Internal Security Act (ISA) that bans rallies and
dispatched about 36,000 security personnel to guard the Summit where 16 Leaders
from the Asean, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand
would be attending.
The red-shirted supporters of Thaksin, who stormed the East Asian Summit in
Pattaya last April, had announced that they would not stage another rally here,
but would instead send a seven-man delegation to hand over a memorandum to Asean
leaders on Friday.
-- BERNAMA
HUA HIN, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- The heads of governments from Cambodia,
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines will skip the opening ceremony of the
15th Asean Summit here Friday due to their domestic commitments, Thai Foreign
Minister Kasit Piromya said.
He told a press conference that all the Leaders would join their
counterparts from Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam and Brunei for
other related Summits that end on Sunday.
Kasit said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who is also
the Finance Minister, was scheduled to present the government's 2010 budget
report in the Malaysian Parliament Friday.
Najib, who is expected to arrive here about 9pm, will be represented by
Foreign Minister Anifah Aman at the opening ceremony in the morning and
several other meetings.
Kasit also confirmed that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who created a
storm in diplomatic relations with Thailand after publicly offering a place to
stay to fugitive ex-Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, would attend the Summit.
Hun Sen is expected to fly in after the end of the official visit by
South
Korean president Lee Myung-bak to Cambodia.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is busy with the formation of
the country's new cabinet which was sworn in Thursday.
The signing of the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of Asean was
postponed to Sunday due to the absence of Indonesia's Foreign Minister Raden
Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa, who was only appointed Thursday.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is likely to propose a
US$5 billion Asean Cooperation Adaptation Fund during the Summit, is also
expected to arrive here Friday night.
Bangkok has imposed the Internal Security Act (ISA) that bans rallies and
dispatched about 36,000 security personnel to guard the Summit where 16 Leaders
from the Asean, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand
would be attending.
The red-shirted supporters of Thaksin, who stormed the East Asian Summit in
Pattaya last April, had announced that they would not stage another rally here,
but would instead send a seven-man delegation to hand over a memorandum to Asean
leaders on Friday.
-- BERNAMA
