700 business people to join ASEAN Summit

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 11/16/2011 11:36 AM

At least 700 business people, mostly from ASEAN partner countries, have signed up to join the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, this week.

“They come from Australia, South Korea, Japan and other ASEAN partner countries,” ASEAN Business Advisory Council chief Anangga Rusdiono said Wednesday as quoted by kompas.com.

Anangga said the business summit had attracted a large number of business people, but said the registration process had created several difficulties.

“It has been quite difficult to get ID cards,” he said.

The ASEAN Business and Investment Summit will be held on Thursday morning. The summit, which will discuss food security and connectivity, will be divided into groups based on partner countries.

SBY to inspect ASEAN Summit preparations

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 11/08/2011 11:36 AM

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to inspect preparations for the 19th ASEAN Summit in Bali, an international meeting that is expected to be attended by various heads of state including US President Barrack Obama.

“The President will monitor the preparations for the ASEAN Summit.

This is a big event for ASEAN, ASEAN+ and the ASEAN Summit,” Presidential spokesman Julian Aldrian Pasha said at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Monday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is also scheduled to attend the

international event. Both Obama and Medvedev are slated to attend the East Asia Summit, one of series of events that are part of the ASEAN Summit. Another of the summit's main events is the ASEAN-India Summit, which will discuss the relations between ASEAN countries and India.