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Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said police would be on high alert from Oct. 23 to 28.

“The Kuala Lumpur city center will be on total lockdown, and the police will not compromise on safety,” he told a press conference on Tuesday, as reported by the New Straits Times.

He added that around 16,000 officers from across the country will be deployed starting Oct. 23 to manage and facilitate traffic. The summit is scheduled to begin on Oct. 26.

Routes from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Subang to the city will also be affected to accommodate delegate convoys, according to the Kuala Lumpur Command and Control Center, cited by The Star.

Police advised the public to use public transport such as LRT, monorail, and buses during the summit.

Minister Hasan said U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Malaysia for the summit and that the U.S. president was “looking forward” to witnessing a ceasefire deal between Southeast Asian neighbors Thailand and Cambodia, Reuters reported.

Among the attending leaders will be the presidents of Brazil and South Africa, who are set to become Sectoral Dialogue Partners to ASEAN, while Cyprus and Finland are also expected to join as dialogue partners.

Other notable attendees include Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides, and Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.

Chinese President Xi Jinping may attend, though this is not confirmed, alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, and Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.

Regional leaders will also be present, including Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, and Timor Leste’s José Alexandre Gusmão, according to New Straits Times.

As part of the security measures, approximately 70 schools will switch to online learning, and civil servants working within a 25 km radius of the city center will be instructed to work from home.