JAKARTA, Sept. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The Indonesian government has prepared a security unit comprising over 4,000 personnel to pacify the upcoming Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in October, an official said Wednesday.

　　State Secretary Bambang Kesowo said the government will deploy 2,999 regular troops, 1,000 guards and 262 members of a special unit.

　　The security unit will be a joint force of the military and the police, he told the House of Representatives' Commission One overseeing defense and foreign affairs at the parliament compound here.

　　"As a precautionary measure for higher level of threat, we will also deploy the anti-terror unit that will get support from marine and air patrols of the military," he said, adding that his office has requested a fund of 39.9 billion rupiah (some 4.7 million US dollars) to finance the high-level meeting.

　　The resort island of Bali has been chosen as the venue for the Summit of heads of states and governments from ten ASEAN member countries -- Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, thePhilippines, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam -- plus three dialogue partners: China, Japan and South Korea.

　　Organizers said the Indian leader is also invited for the summit, which is scheduled for Oct. 7-8 and preceded by three-day senior official and ministerial meetings. Enditem