Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to receive his Myanmarese counterpart U Thein Sein at Merdeka Palace here on Thursday afternoon.

The reception ceremony will be conducted at 3.30 pm in a bilateral meeting between the two state leaders.

At 7.30 pm, President Yudhoyono will host a dinner banquet for Thein Sein who visits Indonesia for the first time since he was elected president in a general election in November last year.

The Myanmarese president is scheduled to attend the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on May 7-8, 2011.

He was the first to arrive in Jakarta for the two-day ASEAN Summit at the Jakarta Convention Center which is preceded by an ASEAN ministerial meeting on May 5 to discuss three pillars of defense and security, economy, and social culture.

On May 5, the first ASEAN-European Union business meeting is also opened by President Yudhoyono at the Jakarta Convention Center.(*)

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