President Jokowi Receives Letters of Credence from 18 New Ambassadors

Ambassador who is going to submit her letter of credence is welcomed by an honor guard at the yard of the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (4/10)

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Tuesday (4/10) at the Merdeka Palace received letters of credence from eighteen Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (LBBP) for the Republic of Indonesia.

After the Credential ceremony held at the Kredensial room at the Merdeka Palace, President Jokowi invited the Ambassadors one by one to have a veranda talk for a closer talk.

Also attending the ceremony were Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi, Cabinet Secretary PramonoAnung, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, and Chief of the Indonesian National Police Tito Karnavian.

For the record, a new tradition was also introduced in the ceremony in which the Ambassadors were welcomed by the honor guards at the front yard of the Merdeka Palace before entering the waiting room at the Palace.

President Jokowi receives letters of credence from Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (4/10)

Here is a list of names of Designate Resident Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Designate Non-
Resident Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary who submitted their letters of credence to the President:

1. Mehmet Kadri Sander Gorboz, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey;
2. Mohamed Abdulla M Bin MutleqAlgafhli, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates;
3. Peter MacArthur, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada;
4. Michael Freiherr von Ungern-Stemberg, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of German Federal Republic;
5. Helene Steinhausi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria;
6. Deborah Ho Ng de Cogley, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama;
7. Gonzalo Mendoza Negri, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Chile;
8. Ahmed Bin Jassim Mohammed Ali Al-Hamar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryof Qatar;
9. Ahmed Amr Ahmed Moawad, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryof the Arab Republic of Egypt;
10. Osama Mohammad Abdullah Alshuaibi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;
11. Jose Renato Salazar Acosta, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia;
12. Clement Philip Ricardo Allicock, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Jamaica residing in Tokyo;
13. Helena DrnovsekZorko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia residing in Canberra;
14. HinauriPetana, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Samoa residing in Canberra;
15. WalubitaImakando, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Zambia residing in Kuala Lumpur;
16. YahyaNgam, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania residing Tokyo;
17. YazkuliMammadov, Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryofTurkmenistan residing in Kuala Lumpur;
18. Anne NamakauMutelo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryof the Republic of Namibia residing in Kuala Lumpur.

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