PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ARRIVES IN DAKAR FOR OIC SUMMIT
Antara News Agency - March 13, 2008 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at Leopold Sedar Senghor airport, Dakar, Senegal on Wednesday (12/3), accompanied by Senegal's President, Abdoulaye Wade. (pic: muchlis said/presidensby.info) |
Dakar (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his entourage arrived here on Wednesday at 4.55 pm local time to attend the 11th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).
President Yudhoyono was welcomed by Indonesian Ambassador Sukarni Sikar and his Senegalese counterpart President Abdoulaye Wade upon his arrival at Dakar`s Leopold Sedar Senghot Airport.
During his visit here, the head of state and some of the entourage will stay at Indonesian Embassy`s Wisma Duta guest house, while the other members, including journalists will stay at a cruise ship provided for OIC delegates by the Senegalese government.
The two presidents were then engaged in an official welcoming ceremony.
President Yudhoyono, accompanied by a Senegalese minister, would proceed to Wisma Duta.
The main purpose of President Yudhoyono`s visit in Senegal was to attend the 11th OIC Summit which will be opened on Thursday afternoon local time.
The chairman of the 10th OIC Summit, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and the chairman of the 11th OIC Summit, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, are scheduled to deliver speeches at the summit`s opening ceremony.
Besides attending all functions at the summit, President Yudhoyono would also have bilateral meetings on Thursday with leaders of some OIC member-countries, including Palestine, Bangladesh and Sudan.
Among the ministers accompanying the president were Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, Minister for Religious Affairs Maftuh Basyuni, and State Secretary Hatta Rajasa.
The president and his entourage would leave Senegal on Saturday to continue their overseas tour by visiting South Africa. (*)
Source: Antara News Agency - www.antara.co.id