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PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ATTENDS G8 SUMMIT+8 MEETING
Toyako, Hokkaido, July 9 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at 10.00 am local time here Wednesday attended the G8 Summit+8 outreach countries at the Windsor Hotel, Tokyo.
Yudhoyono is one of eight leaders of the G8 outreach countries also dubbed "major economies" who have been invited to the summit of the world's rich nations. The seven other outreach countries are Australia, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Republic of Korea, and South Africa.
They were invited to the G8 Summit to present their views on global issues such as the food and energy crises, and climate change.
Presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal previously said that President Yudhoyono would be the lead-speaker on food security.
"The President is scheduled to be the lead-speaker on the food security issue," Djalal said.
Yudhoyono had earlier written a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in the latter's capacity as G8 chairman calling on the G8 Summit to pay special attention to the food security issue.
"So, apart from climate change, other important issues such as food security must also be emphasized, and thank God, the president's suggestion was accepted," he said.
At the summit, Yudhoyono would urge key countries to push forward the Bali Road Map on climate change, and find a global solution to the current food price crisis that happened after the FAO Summit in Rome, Djalal said.
The Indonesian Head of State and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono arrived at Sapporo's New Chitos airport, Japan, on Tuesday evening local time, after a nine-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur where he had attended a D-8 Summit from July 6 to 7, 2008.
Apart from attending the G8 Summit outreach session, Yudhoyono was also expected to hold private meetings with world leaders and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
In addition to Ban Ki-Moon, Yudhoyono was also scheduled to meet with World Bank President Robert Zoellick, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, Indian Prime Minister Dr Hanmohan Singh, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Yudhoyono will leave Japan and return home on Thursday (July 10).
Yudhoyono is one of eight leaders of the G8 outreach countries also dubbed "major economies" who have been invited to the summit of the world's rich nations. The seven other outreach countries are Australia, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Republic of Korea, and South Africa.
They were invited to the G8 Summit to present their views on global issues such as the food and energy crises, and climate change.
Presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal previously said that President Yudhoyono would be the lead-speaker on food security.
"The President is scheduled to be the lead-speaker on the food security issue," Djalal said.
Yudhoyono had earlier written a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in the latter's capacity as G8 chairman calling on the G8 Summit to pay special attention to the food security issue.
"So, apart from climate change, other important issues such as food security must also be emphasized, and thank God, the president's suggestion was accepted," he said.
At the summit, Yudhoyono would urge key countries to push forward the Bali Road Map on climate change, and find a global solution to the current food price crisis that happened after the FAO Summit in Rome, Djalal said.
The Indonesian Head of State and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono arrived at Sapporo's New Chitos airport, Japan, on Tuesday evening local time, after a nine-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur where he had attended a D-8 Summit from July 6 to 7, 2008.
Apart from attending the G8 Summit outreach session, Yudhoyono was also expected to hold private meetings with world leaders and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
In addition to Ban Ki-Moon, Yudhoyono was also scheduled to meet with World Bank President Robert Zoellick, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, Indian Prime Minister Dr Hanmohan Singh, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Yudhoyono will leave Japan and return home on Thursday (July 10).
