Six Foreign Leaders Attend Inauguration Of Indonesia's New President

Jakarta, Oct 20 (Antara) - Six foreign heads of state and 13 special envoys were present during the inauguration of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as Indonesia`s seventh president here on Monday. The six leaders were Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, Timor Leste President Taur Mata Huak, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Papua New Guinean (PNG) Prime Minister Peter O`Neill, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Other foreign ministers and dignitaries attending the ceremony included Japan`s former prime minister Yasuo Fukuda, the US Secretary of State John Kerry, Filipino Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario, New Zealand`s Foreign Minister Murray McCully, Thai Deputy Prime Minister, the Sri Lankan industry and oil minister, the Russian industry and trade minister, and Turkey`s trade minister. Special envoys from South Korea, Canada, and China were also present during the ceremony. President Jokowi and Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla took oath of office during the plenary session of the People`s Consultative Assembly (MPR) led by its Speaker Zulkifli Hasan. Jokowi is the second president to be directly elected by the Indonesian people after Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who led the country during the last decade.