In the company of Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi and Minister/State Secretary Pratikno, President Jokowi welcomed the heads of state/government of Algeria, Egypt, Oman, Gambia, Yemen, Jordan, Sudan, Palestine, Libya, and Pakistan.
Also present at the opening ceremony of the second day of the summit were former president Megawati Soekarnoputri and former vice presidents, Try Sutrisno and Boediono.
During the opening ceremony, Palestines President Mahmoud Abbas and OIC Secretary General Iyad Meen Madani will also deliver their speech.
President Jokowi is also scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with the presidents of Pakistan and Sudan and to receive courtesy calls by the Libyan prime minister, the Iranian foreign minister, chairman of the council of State of Oman, Saudi Arabian foreign minister, and deputy prime minister of Qatar.
The 5th OIC Extraordinary Summit meeting, being held in Jakarta from Sunday to Monday on Palestine and Al Quds, is being attended by more than 500 members of delegations from 49 OIC member countries, two observer countries, and five representatives of the United Nations (UN) Security Councils permanent members, and the UN special envoy in the Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations Quartet.
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