Yudhoyono Invites President Jokowi for GGGI Summit

Jakarta (Antara) - Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has invited his successor President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to attend the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) summit in Bali in July 2015. Since November 2014, Yudhoyono has taken over the chairmanship of GGGI for the next two years, and he has invited President Jokowi to attend the summit to be held in Bali next year. "The GGGI summit in Bali next year will have the participation of representatives from 23 countries. I have invited President Jokowi, and I am happy and grateful to hear that he is ready to attend the event," Yudhoyono remarked after being received by Jokowi at the Merdeka Palace on Monday. Yudhoyono, the general chairman of Democrat Party, noted that issues related to the regulation in lieu of the law on regional elections, which he issued during his term in office, were discussed during the meeting with President Jokowi. (*)