Nusa Dua – Foreign Affairs Minister, Hassan Wirajuda, denied here Wednesday, that Indonesia had offered to host the ASEAN Summit 2009 which was canceled by Thailand last week due to a political emergency.
He said Indonesia had never made the offer, neither to ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan nor to other ASEAN member countries.
“It’s not true. It’s not true that we have offered (to host the ASEAN Summit) but it’s true that we like other ASEAN members, and have an interest in it,” the minister told the press here on Wednesday.
“Indonesia is still in the process of discussing the matter (the postponed ASEAN Summit) with the ASEAN Secretariat General and other ASEAN member countries,” he said.
Last Saturday (April 11th), president Susilo Bambanga Yudhoyono decided to return home from a visit to Thailand where he was planning to attend an ASEAN Summit, after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajive had to cancel the meeting due to security concerns.
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