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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1974Vol. 45, No. 10

Kiki opens office

p. 25 · Read in the full issue

PNG’s Minister for Defence, Foreign Relations and Trade, Mr Albert Maori Kiki, opened PNG’s new Consulate-General’s office in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, on September 2. It is the first overseas mission established by PNG apart from those in Canberra and Sydney.

Commenting on Mr Kiki’s visit to Indonesia, Chief Minister Michael Somare said it was imperative that PNG and Indonesia continued to develop the friendship and co-opera tion which had characterised their contacts with each other up to the present.

"Our Commissioner in Jakarta, Mr Robin Kumaina, and his staff will be doing their utmost to create an image of PNG as a trusted and reliable friend of Indonesia,”' said Mr Somare.