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Sunday, January 27, 2008

President Yudhoyono visits late Soeharto

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Sunday afternoon visited late Soeharto who was being laid in state at the former president`s residence on Cendana Street, Central Jakarta.

The head of state in the company of Vice President Jusuf Kalla left directly from the Presidential Palace for the residence of late Soeharto whose remains would be buried at the Astana Giribangun grave yard in Solo, Central Java, on Monday (January 28).

On the occasion, the president and the vice president expressed deep sympathy to late Soeharto`s family over the loss of the former president.

President Yudhoyono was scheduled to attend the funeral of late Soeharto, during which he would serve as the inspector of the funeral ceremony.

The head of state was slated to leave the Halim Perdanakusumah Air Force base in Jakarta at 6.30 a.m. on Monday for the Adi Sumarmo airport in Solo, Central Java.(*)

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