Khairul Alam: President of Bangladesh Md. Sahabuddin attended the opening session of the 43rd Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-ASEAN. He attended the opening session held at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) Plenary Hall on Tuesday (September 5).
The three-day summit is being held on September 5-7 under the chairmanship of Indonesian President Joko Widodo under the theme of ‘ASEAN Perspective: Center for Growth’.
President of Bangladesh Sahabuddin’s wife Dr. Rebecca reached the venue at 9:50 am local time with Sultana. Upon arrival, the President of ASEAN and the President of Indonesia welcomed them after a formal state reception.
In the opening ceremony, Bangladesh National Advisory Committee on Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders chairperson Saima Wazed and Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen were also there.
Several heads of state and government and leaders of partner countries attended the opening session of the summit along with the 10 organizational leaders of the ASEAN countries.
The ASEAN Secretary General said host country Indonesia has invited 27 world leaders and relevant persons from international organizations such as the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank for the summit.