Brunei
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is set to attend the coronation ceremony of Britain's King Charles III in London as well as the 42nd Asean Summit in Indonesia.
The coronation ceremony that will be held at Westminster Abbey, London on May 6, and is expected to be attended by members of the royal family as well as heads of states and governments from around the world.
Following the coronation ceremony, the sultan will attend the 42nd Asean Summit, which will be held in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia from May 10 to 11.
The summit, chaired by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who is the chairman of Asean this year, will also be attended by leaders of other Asean member countries.
Under the theme ‘Asean Matters: Epicentrum of Growth’, Indonesia will focus on strengthening Asean to become a fast-growing, inclusive, and sustainable economic region by building a solid regional health architecture, maintaining food and energy security as well as financial stability.
In addition, Indonesia aims to strengthen Asean’s capacity and institutional effectiveness to be able to respond to future challenges and for the association to be more adaptive, responsive and competitive.
Indonesia’s chairmanship of Asean this year will also focus on effective implementation of the Asean Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) in its four priority areas, namely, connectivity, maritime cooperation, United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and economic cooperation.
