Mega receives new ambassadors

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri received on Thursday the credentials of the new Vatican envoy and the Philippine ambassador to Indonesia.

The Vatican has appointed Mgr. Patabendige Don Albert Malcolm Ranjith as its new envoy to Indonesia, while the Philippines named Shulan O. Primavera to fill the ambassadorial post here.

After the ceremony at Merdeka Palace. the two ambassadors met the President, who was accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda. --JP