RI envoy to Norway submits credentials

RI envoy to Norway submits credentials

JAKARTA: New Indonesian ambassador to Norway Retno Lestari
Priansari Marsudi submitted her credentials to Norway's King
Harald V last week, the Indonesian Embassy in Oslo said.

"Ambassador Retno submitted her credentials just four days
after her arrival in Oslo from Jakarta," the embassy said in a
press release sent to The Jakarta Post.

Retno, Indonesia's youngest woman ambassador, had a brief
meeting with King Harald V after submitting her credentials.

"We discussed possible efforts to strengthen bilateral
relations between Indonesia and Norway. The King has been
observing the positive developments in Indonesia," Retno said in
response to an e-mail from the Post.

Retno, 43, also said the king had asked for information about
the progress of reconstruction in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.

Aceh was the worst affected in last year's deadly tsunami,
with more than 126,000 people killed and half a million made
homeless. -- JP