Australian ambassador bids farewell

Thu, 10 Oct 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Outgoing Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Richard
C. Smith bid farewell to President Megawati Soekarnoputri on
Wednesday to take up a post as Australia's new secretary of
defense.

Smith, who took up his ambassadorial position here in January
2001, is one of the most senior diplomats in the Australian
foreign ministry.

During his 21 months in Jakarta, Smith forged a good
relationship with Indonesia and managed to navigate rocky
bilateral relations strained after the separation of East Timor
from Indonesia in 1999.

Canberra has yet to appoint a replacement. --JP

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