S. African envoy submits credentials

S. African envoy submits credentials

TIMOR LESTE: South Africa's Ambassador to Indonesia Griffiths
Mandlenkosi Memela on Wednesday presented his credentials to
Timor Leste President Xanana Gusmao in Dili, an official at the
South African Embassy in Jakarta said.

"Today, the Ambassador submitted his credentials as the first
diplomatic representative of South Africa to Timor Leste,"
embassy counsel Michael Membukwe told The Jakarta Post from Dili.

South Africa established diplomatic relations with Timor Leste
on Feb. 3 last year.

Memela, who is based in Jakarta, is South Africa's first non-
resident ambassador to Timor Leste.

Timor Leste, a former Indonesian province, separated from
Indonesia and became an independent nation in 2002. -- JP