Jakarta. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said a meeting between former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo may take place after the simultaneous regional elections on Feb. 15.

Kalla said Jokowi will welcome Yudhoyono at the Presidential Palace anytime after the elections — including the one in Jakarta in which Yudhoyono's son Agus Harimurti is contesting — are over.

"As the vice president, I don't make the final call. But the president will welcome SBY [Yudhoyono's nickname] at the palace. This will take place after Feb. 15, though, to avoid unwanted speculations," Kalla said on Friday (03/02).

The vice president had called on the two leaders to meet to calm things down after the hotly contested Jakarta election.

Earlier in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, Yudhoyono claimed he had been prevented from meeting with the president.

However, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung denied the rumor.

"We heard a rumor that someone is trying to block [the meeting]. This is completely untrue. All guests wanting an audience with the president have to submit a request to the State Secretary or the Cabinet Secretary, that's our standard operational procedure," Pramono said.

Several former presidents and senior politicians have met with Jokowi recently. This includes former President B.J. Habibie, former Vice President Try Sutrisno and the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) chairman Prabowo Subianto – Jokowi's rival in the last presidential election.