"He is expected to arrive on October 7 at noon," Tanjung said after holding a press conference detailing the preparations for the APEC Summit, which is being held at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center.
The organizing committee had not received a cancellation notice about Obama`s visit to Bali for the APEC Summit from the United States or the U.S. embassy in Indonesia, Tanjung said.
Earlier, Indonesian military sources had reported that Obama was scheduled to arrive in Bali on October 5. But his arrival has been postponed due to the current political situation in the U.S.
The BBC reported that Obama was scheduled to begin his four-nation Asian tour on Saturday, heading to Bali for the APEC Summit and Brunei for the East-Asia Summit before travelling on to Malaysia and the Philippines.
However, Obama had to postpone visits to the last two stops of his four-nation Asian tour because of the current U.S. government shutdown.
The White House said it was "logistically not possible" to go ahead with the trips to Malaysia and the Philippines at the end of the tour.
But Obama would still attend the regional summits in Indonesia and Brunei, the White House confirmed.
The U.S. government has partially shut down after the two houses of Congress failed to agree on the new budget.
More than 700,000 federal employees face unpaid leave, and national parks, museums and many buildings have been closed.
Obama on Tuesday vowed not to allow the Republicans to undermine his signature healthcare legislation as a condition to restarting the U.S. government operations.
Edited by Ine
(KR-BSR/A014)
Editor: Suryanto
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