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resident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will head to Pittsburgh, United States, next week for the third G20 Leaders Summit, where he is expected to "voice the interests" of developing countries and fight for the forum's permanency.

Presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said Thursday at a press conference that during the Sept. 24-25 meeting of the leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies, Indonesia would voice the interests of developing countries.

He said Indonesia also hoped the summit would not exclude climate change issues in its agenda, with the COP 15 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen coming up in December.

"We also want an acceleration in the reforms of multilateral institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank," Dino said.

"The process is ongoing, but we want it to be accelerated.

"And Indonesia wants the G20 to explore other issues such as aid effectiveness and food and energy security," he added.

"These are important things for Indonesia."

Dino said the summit would follow up on the results of the previous two meetings, including on multilateral banks' reforms and financial sector reforms, including the changing of the financial stability forum into the financial stability board.

"The G20 leaders are also expected to make a stronger base for the global economic recovery and global economic activities in the future, to make the world economy more sustainable, and to take social issues into consideration," Dino said.

He added Indonesia would also fight for the G20 forum to be made permanent and institutionalized, with members still arguing over which forum to grant permanency to: the G8, G14 or the G20.

"The economic landscape has now changed. The global economic growth is now boosted not by the US or Europe, but by Asia; by India, China, as well as Indonesia," Dino said.

"It is a heated debate. We hope the direction will be clearer in Pittsburgh."

During the trip, Yudhoyono will hold bilateral talks with new Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Australian PM Kevin Rudd.

After three days in Pittsburgh, the President will be in Boston from Sept. 26 to 29, during which he will meet with CEOs of 200 companies, speak on "Harmony of Civilization" at Harvard University, and greet Indonesian students and citizens living in the city.