Dr Mahathir Mohamad is scheduled to participate in a three-day World Peace Forum to be held in Jakarta on Monday.

According to a Bernama report, he will join some 50 other religious leaders and political figures from 28 countries to discuss "global injustices and how the values of humanity, common destiny and one responsibility of mankind could serve as an integrating force in efforts to ensure world peace".

The forum organisers also invited former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim though an aide said that he would not be attending. The two leaders have not met each other since 1998 after Anwar was sacked from his cabinet post and imprisoned.

The Jakarta forum, with One Humanity, One Destiny, One Responsibility as the theme, seeks to achieve several objectives including to deepen the networks of dialogue among civilisations in order to promote tolerance and mutual respects and to explore ways by which different civilisations could better cooperate in spreading the voice of peace.

Bernama said that in a copy of the programme, the joint organisers of the forum, Muhammadiyah, the second largest Muslim organisation in Indonesia and the Jakarta-based Multi Culture Society, said Mahathir would deliver a keynote address at the international symposium on Tuesday at the Hilton Hotel here.

Declaration for world peace

In conjunction with the forum to be opened by Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla, an exhibition on 'World Peace Message of Admiral Cheng Ho' would also be held at the hotel showcasing exhibits from Malaysia's Cheng Ho Museum and Cheng Ho Museums of Semarang, Surabaya, Aceh and Jakarta National Musem.

A declaration for world peace is expected to be issued at the end of the forum.

According to a press release from PKR last week, Anwar has been scheduled for a party event in Sabah on Monday.