Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will head the
Malaysian delegation to the upcoming ASEAN-China Commemorative
Summit to be held soon in Nanning, China, according to Malaysia's
national news agency Bernama on Friday.
Badawi will attend a plenary session of the two-day summit on
Monday, where he will take the opportunity to exchange views with
Chinese and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
leaders on regional and international issues as well as the future
direction of the ASEAN -China dialogue relations.
Badawi is also scheduled to attend the opening ceremonies of the
Third China- ASEAN Expo and Third China- ASEAN Business and
Investment Summit.
Badawi will be accompanied by Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed
Hamid Albar, International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz
to the summit, convened to mark the 15th anniversary of dialogue
relations between ASEAN and China.
(Xinhua News Agency October 27, 2006)