KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Government leaders and top business executives will meet from Monday at the annual World Islamic Economic Forum, aimed at boosting cooperation among Muslim communities, event organizers said.
Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Kuwait's prime minister Sheik Nasser Al-Mohamad Al-Ahmad Al Sabah are slated to attend the two-day event, hosted by mainly Muslim Malaysia.
"These leaders will be basically talking about Muslim leadership in a globalized world," chief executive of the forum, Michael Yeoh said.
The first forum was held in 2005, and the meeting this year will focus on promoting business links and developing economic cooperation.
Seeking to bring together world leaders, business people and eminent thinkers, the meeting is viewed as the Muslim world's version of the World Economic Forum held in Switzerland.