President Yudhoyono concludes visit to Switzerland

Saturday, 29 January 2011

ANTARA News Agency

Zurich (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is to leave for home on Saturday after attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

He and delegation are scheduled to leave Switzerland at around 4pm local time or 10pm West Indonesia Time aboard presidential plane Garuda Indonesia Airbus A 330-300.

After a transit in Dubai, he is expected to arrive at Jakarta`s Halim Perdanakusuma airport on Sunday morning.

President Yudhoyono gave his speech on the first day of the World Economic Forum and became one of the panelists at a discussion on sustainable development along with President Felipe Calderon of Mexico and President Tarja Halinen of Finland.

He also became a speaker at the discussion on revitalizing world trade along with British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel as well as the director of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy on the second day of the meeting.

While in Switzerland President Yudhoyono also held bilateral meetings with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Swiss Confederation Micheline Clamy Red, Prime Minister David Cameron and Belgium Prime Minister Yves Leterme.

He also received courtesy calls from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and former US president Bill Clinton and former British prime minister Tony Blair.

In Davos President Yudhoyono also attended Indonesia Night held by the trade ministry to promote Indonesia to world business leaders attedning the World Economic Forum.