Sultan Joins 9th Asean Summit In Bali

Bali, Indonesia – His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah arrived in Bali, Indonesia, to attend the 9th Asean Summit which opened today.

Present at Ngurah Rai Bali Airport to greet His Majesty were Indonesia’s Minister of Resettlement and Infrastructure, His Excellency Surnano and other senior officials of the Indonesian government.

Also present were Dato Dr Haji Mohd Amin, the Brunei’s Ambassador to Indonesia, and officials of the Embassy of Brunei in Jakarta.

His Majesty is accompanied by His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Brunei’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The 9th Asean Summit begins today with His Majesty joining other Asean leaders to a working dinner. It goes on until Wednesday, October 8.

The theme for this year’s summit is "Towards an Asean economic and security community".

During the summit, the Asean leaders are expected to discuss regional and international political and economic issues, Asean integration and the Asean plus 3 Cooperation.

The Asean leaders are also expected to endorse and sign the declaration of Asean Concord 11 (Bali Concord 11).

The declaration outlines the proposed Asean security community, Asean economic community and Asean social and cultural community.

His Majesty will also join other Asean leaders in a series of summit meetings with their counterparts from China, Japan, and Republic of Korea as well as India on October 7-8.

The Asean leaders and their counterparts from China, Japan and India will sign several documents to further strengthen their cooperation.

The Asean leaders will also witness the accession of China and India to the treaty of amity and cooperation in Southeast Asia. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei 

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