REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANGKOK - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attended the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum on East Asia held in Shangrila Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday. The forum, which focuses on discussing ASEAN connectivity, was inaugurated by Thailand`s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra; it was also attended by Vietnam`s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Laos`s Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and Bahrain`s Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
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