In Bali the president will open a conference on "Shaping a New World: Combating Foreign Bribery in International Business Transactions" with G20 Working Groups on Anti-Corruption participating.
Boarding special jetliner Boeing 737-800, the president and his entourage will leave Halim Perdanakusuma airport at 9 am Tuesday for Denpasar`s Ngurah Rai International Airport where the head of state will be greeted by Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika.
President Yudhoyono is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at the conference at 2.50 pm Central Indonesia Standard Time (Wita).
According to Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Chairman Busyro Muqoddas, the conference "Shaping a New World: Combating Foreign Bribery in International Business Transactions" and G20 Working Group on Anti-Corruption Meeting in Nusa Dua resort would be one of KPK`s agenda to connect G-20 countries bribery-free business enterprises.
Busyro hoped that after the conference the participating countries would have reached a mutual understanding and anti corruption commitment to supporting democracy and human rights.
Meanwhile, KPK deputy chairman for prevention field M Jasin said bribery cases were still rampant globally in both developed and developing countries.
Jasin said the G-20 Working Group on Anti-corruption" was established after the leaders of the countries grouped in G-20 found it necessary to promote clean business which was free from bribery.
According to him, the establishment of G-20 was also motivated by global economic crisis in 1999.
He said the rules in the World Trade Organization (WTO) were insufficient to stem corruption facing the business world.
President Yudhoyono will fly back to Jakarta on Wednesday morning.
(Uu.O001/H-NG)
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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