I have an issue where the initial page number is
starting on page one. The requirement is for the
page number to start on page two (starting with
the number "2"). In my current output, the page
number is starting on page one (starting with
the number "1"). I had to start the FO
page-sequence immediately after the FO
layout-master-set because the documents are in
multiple languages and each language have to
flow one after the other and not start on a new
page. How can I get the initial page number
to  start on the second page and start counting with number b2b?

By creating a page-sequence-master that orders a
page geometry that does not expose the page
number, followed by a page geometry that does expose the page number.

Based on your posted XSLT, it might be something
along the lines of the following (note how there
is no region-after in the first page geometry):

     <fo:layout-master-set>
       <fo:simple-page-master
master-name="Insrt-body-page-first"
page-height="{$doc_height}"
page-width="{$doc_width}" margin-top="0.13in"
margin-bottom="0.25in" margin-left="0.45in" margin-right="0.45in">
          <!--++ Establish the output area(s) language pages ++-->
          <fo:region-body
region-name="Insrt-pgbody" margin-top="0.3in"
margin-bottom="0.5in" column-count="2" background-image="watermark.eps"/>
             <fo:region-before region-name="lang-pg-ct" extent="0.75in" />
      </fo:simple-page-master>
       <fo:simple-page-master
master-name="Insrt-body-page-rest"
page-height="{$doc_height}"
page-width="{$doc_width}" margin-top="0.13in"
margin-bottom="0.25in" margin-left="0.45in" margin-right="0.45in">
          <!--++ Establish the output area(s) language pages ++-->
          <fo:region-body
region-name="Insrt-pgbody" margin-top="0.3in"
margin-bottom="0.5in" column-count="2" background-image="watermark.eps"/>
             <fo:region-before region-name="lang-pg-ct" extent="0.75in" />
             <fo:region-after
region-name="Col_CpyRght-Footer" extent="0.45in"/>
      </fo:simple-page-master>
      <fo:page-sequence-master master-name="Insrt-body-page">
        <fo:single-page-master-reference
             master-reference="Insrt-body-page-first"/>
        <fo:repeatable-page-master-reference
             master-reference="Insrt-body-page-rest"/>
      </fo:page-sequence-master>
   </fo:layout-master-set>

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