RI installs new envoys for Italy, Nigeria

RI installs new envoys for Italy, Nigeria

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated on Tuesday
Susanto Sutoyo and Nurhadi Djazuli as the new Indonesian
ambassadors to Italy and Nigeria, respectively.

Susanto, a career diplomat, is currently the director general
for multilateral economic, financial and developmental affairs at
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nurhadi is a former chief
secretary and deputy for domestic cooperation at the National
Intelligence Agency.

During the ceremony at the State Palace in Jakarta, Susilo
also accepted the credentials of two new foreign ambassadors --
Lan Lijun from China and Tomasz Lukaszuk from Poland.

Lijun is a career diplomat who has spent most of his career in
the United States. His last posting was as minister councillor at
the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. since 2002.

Before arriving in Jakarta, Lukaszuk was the deputy head for
the Asia Pacific at Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs since
2002. Lukaszuk, who speaks fluent Bahasa Indonesian, was the
first secretary at the Polish Embassy in Indonesia from 1998 to
2002. -- JP