Mahbubur Rahman, ICC Bangladesh president, left for Jakarta to take part in the fourth Presidential Friends of Indonesia Programme 2012 to mark the Southeast Asian nations Independence Day, ICCB said in a statement yesterday.

He will join a week-long programme for the 67th anniversary of the nation.

Guests from 11 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Fiji, Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Republic of Korea, Papua New Guinea, Tunisia and Vanuatu will join the programme.

Rahman will meet Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian president, BJ Habibie, former president of Indonesia, RM Marty M Natalegawa, foreign affairs minister, and Bibit Waluyo, governor of Central Java.

Themed Democracy and Economic Development: Indonesias Lessons Learned and Best Practices, the programme will be held in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, and Semarang, the administrative capital of Central Java, between August 12-18.