Wednesday, September 28, 2011

U.S., Russian leaders to attend 19th Asean Summit in Bali

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Wednesday, 28 September 2011 21:39 Nyi Thit

Rangoon (Mizzima) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will attend the 19th Asean Summit in Bali, Indonesia, from November 14-19, according to sources close to the Asean secretary-general.

In July, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended the Asean regional forum held in Bali. U.S. President Obama will attend the Asean Summit in November.

Sources close to Naypyitaw said that Burmese President Thein Sein would also attend the summit meeting.

Burma is lobbying to be named the rotating Asean chair in 2014. In August, Burma’s Foreign Affairs Minister Wunna Maung Lwin said that the issue would be decided at the Bali summit meeting.

In October, a delegation led by Dr. R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa, the foreign affairs minister of Indonesia, which currently holds the Asean chair, will visit Burma.

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