REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) received credentials from 15 ambassadors and envoys in a ceremony at Merdeka Palace on Friday. These ambassadors, based in Indonesia and neighbor countries, were received by President Yudhoyono at Merdeka Palace at 10 am on Wednesday.
The ambassadors to Indonesia who presented their credentials to President Yudhoyono were Bertrand Lortholary (France) who is based in Indonesia; Liu Jianchao (the People`s Republic of China) who is based in Indonesia; Mohamad Zaki (the Republic of Maldives) who is based in Malaysia; Gebhard Benjamin Kandanga (the Republic of Namibia) who is based in Malaysia; Abdul Cisco Omari Mtiro (Tanzania) who is based in Malaysia; Youngor Sevalee Telewoda (Liberia) who is based in Japan; Daniel Kwasi Abodakpi (Ghana) who is based in Malaysia; Ntsebe Idlett Kokome (Lesotho) who is based in Malaysia; Stevan Larus Steffansson (Iceland) who is based in Jepang; Joseph Hayes (Ireland) who is based in Singapore; Beibut Atamkulov (Kazakhstan) who is based in Malaysia; Samori Ang`wa Okwiya (Kenya) who is based in Malaysia; Ara Hakobyan (Armenia) who is based in India; March Thill (Luxembourg) who is based in Thailand; and Ousmane Tandia (Mali) who is based in India.