Jakarta, Dec. 31 (AP): Leaders from Asian countries devastated by an earthquake and tsunami will meet next week in Indonesia's capital to develop a strategy to help with relief efforts, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda, said today.

Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are all backing the plan, which would also bring together leaders or special representatives from the United States, China, Japan, New Zealand and Australia, as well as the United Nations, World Bank and World Health Organization.

Wirayuda said the one-day meeting on Jan. 6 will be organized through the 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations, or ASEAN, and include leaders or representatives from India and Sri Lanka.

It will focus on immediate challenges thrown up by the disaster that has killed 120,000 in 11 countries, as well as longer term reconstruction needs, officials said. It will also discuss setting up a regional tsunami warning system, they said.

Founded in 1967, ASEAN's members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

The grouping has in recent years broadened the scope of its annual leaders' meetings to include the so-called plus-three countries - South Korea, China and Japan - as well as India and the United States.