Bubbling with excitement (and the women wearing their most colourful and elegant Indonesian traditional wears), members of the Indonesian community in Abuja converged at the lobby of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel on Saturday afternoon, the 2nd of February 2013, to welcome their President, H. E. Susilo Bambang-Yudhoyono and his wife, Ani Susilo, who were in Nigeria for a state visit along with Indonesian businessmen to further strengthen the existing relations between the two countries.
Before the arrival of the President, a group of Indonesian businessmen, both those who are operating in Nigeria and in Indonesia, participated in the Nigerian-Indonesian Business Forum and Luncheon, also held at the Transcorp Hilton. The trade delegation from Indonesia was headed by no less than the Indonesian Minister of Trade, H.E. Gita Wirjawan, who was also at the hotel lobby to welcome the President and the First Lady, who landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
The son and daughter of the Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E. Sudirman Haseng, presented the First Lady with a bouquet of flowers.
The following day, according to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria, President Susilo Bambang-Yudhoyono and the First Lady were received by President Goodluck Jonathan and First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan. On arrival at the Presidential Villa, President Yudhoyono inspected a guard of honour mounted by the Brigade of Guards, who honoured him with a 21 gun-salute, after which the two leaders, members of the delegation, ministers and Nigerian top businessmen held aclosed-door bilateral talks. Yudhoyono was in Nigeria as part of state visit to three African countries, namely Liberia, Nigeria and Egypt, and some Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia.
These photos were taken by INSIDE TRACK ABUJA during the arrival of the Indonesian President and First Lady at the hotel.
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