President Yudhoyono to Meet Jokowi on Wednesday

Jakarta (Antara) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to meet President-elect Joko Widodo in Bali on Wednesday, his spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said. Pasha said in an cellular short message to Antara here on Monday night that the meeting would take place after Yudhoyono's state visit to Timor Leste from August 25 to 27, 2014. "The meeting is planned in Bali on August 27, 2014. Yudhoyono will receive President-elect Joko Widodo on August 27, 2014," the presidential spokesman said. He said that the president was visiting Timor Leste until August 27 and after finishing his agenda in Dili, he will fly directly to Bali. "The meeting will be conducted at the initiative of President Yudhoyono and is expected to serve as a historic event in the transitional political leadership in Indonesia," he added.(*)