President to address Boao Forum today

CHINA: President Mahinda Rajapaksa will address the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) in China today. This year’s theme of the pan-Asian forum is “Green Asia: Moving towards win-win through change”.

Boao is a coastal town and the permanent BFA site in Hainan Province, South China. Chinese President Hu Jintao will deliver the keynote speech at the opening ceremony today.

Foreign Heads of States and Government heads attending the opening ceremony also include Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Jeria, Tongan King Taufa’ahau Tupou V, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Bin Jabir Al-thani and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

As a non-government, non-profit international organisation, BFA is a forum for Government, business and academic leaders in Asia and other continents to share opinions on pressing issues in the region and the world.

It is committed to promoting regional economic integration and bringing Asian countries closer to their development goals.