President Yudhoyono and 20 APEC leaders meet at Sydney Opera House

On the first day of the meeting, the APEC leaders will meet with APEC Business Advisory Council before having lunch at Bennelong restaurant at 12.15.

Howard said he would like to see the APEC leaders reaching a new international agreement on the reduction of green house gas emission.

Meanwhile, on the sidelines of the APEC leaders meeting, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on early Saturday held bilateral meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and US President George W Bush consecutively.

Presidential Spokesman Dino Patti Djalal earlier told the press that the bilateral meeting between Yudhoyono and Chinese President Hu focused on economic and trade cooperation between Indonesia and China.

Meanwhile, in the meeting between Yudhoyono and Bush, the two leaders discussed bilateral relations between the two countries, including on the cooperation in the environmental protection.