New envoys submit credentials to Susilo

New envoys submit credentials to Susilo

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received on Thursday
credential letters from newly appointed ambassadors from the
Netherlands, Sri Lanka and Myanmar during a state ceremony at the
Merdeka Palace in Jakarta.

The credential letters were presented by ambassadors Dr.
Nikolaos van Dam from the Netherlands, Maj. Gen. (ret) K. Janaka
C. Perera from Sri Lanka and U Khin Zaw Win from Myanmar.

The three ambassadors, who were received by the President in
three separate ceremonies, talked to Susilo after submitting
their credentials. The President who was accompanied by, among
others, Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi and State Secretary
Yusril Ihza Mahendra

Ambassador van Dam, who holds a doctorate degree, is an
experienced career diplomat. Prior to his appointment in Jakarta,
van Dam was the Dutch Ambassador to Germany. He has served in
Ankara, Cairo, Tripoli, Beirut in various positions between 1980
to 1999. He speaks Arabic, Dutch, English, French and German.

Ambassador Perera is a retired major general who had a
distinguished career in Sri Lanka's Armed Forces.

The posting in Jakarta will be his second as an Ambassador.
After his retirement from the Army, he was appointed
as the Ambassador to Australia.

Few details were available about Ambassador Zaw Win at the
Merdeka Palace. Efforts to reach the Myanmar Embassy by telephone
did not succeeded in elucidating any information about the new
ambassador.