Prime Minister in Malaysia for the World Economic Forum on ASEAN
On May 31st, the Prime Minister, Rui Maria de Araujo, travels to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, together with the Minister of State, Coordinator of Economic Affairs, Estanislau da Silva, and the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Roberto Soares, to participate in this year's edition of the World Economic Forum dedicated to ASEAN, which takes place on June 1st and 2nd.
On June 1st, the Prime Minister makes special remarks, together with his counterpart from the Kingdom of Cambodia, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, in the session on " Blended Finance in the Asia-Pacific Context", which will take place between 10.30am and 12.00pm, at the Shangri-La Hotel. In the afternoon, the Prime Minister integrates the panel of participants of the plenary of the opening of the 25th World Economic Forum on ASEAN, dedicated to "Shaping the ASEAN Agenda for inclusion and Growth ", which runs between 3.00pm and 4.00pm, at the Shangri-La Hotel. Between 4.30pm and 6.00pm, the Prime Minister participates in the Informal Meeting of the World Economic Leaders, the forum initiative that annually gathers leaders from various areas in informal and closed meetings.
On June 2nd, at 08.00am, the Prime Minister will meet with three organizations - Young Global Leaders, Global shapers and Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurs -, an event called "Foundations Meet the Leader with Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araújo". By 10.45am, the Prime Minister, together with the Minister of State, Coordinator of Economic Affairs, Estanislau da Silva, and the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Roberto Soares, have booked a bilateral meeting with the Vice Prime Minister of Vietnam, Trinh Dinh Dung. At 12.00pm, at the Shangri-La Hotel, the Prime Minister does the opening address at the session on "Vision for ASEAN from Japan and Other Nations".
On the return trip, the Prime Minister visits Singapore, on June 3rd, for a courtesy meeting with his counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.
The Prime Minister returns to Timor-Leste on June 4th.
The World Economic Forum is a private organization, which over the years has enabled "the 1000 largest global companies" and the invited politicians to dialog. Last year, it formally assumed itself as an international organization and wants to be a global platform for public-private cooperation. Timor-Leste, this year, has the honour to be invited for the second consecutive time for activities of the Forum, the first of which was the meeting in Davos (Switzerland), in January, dedicated to the global economy.
