Ambassadors of Greece and Indonesia pay farewell call on Madam Speaker

H.E. Mr Evangelos Frangoulis, today paid a farewell call on Madam Speaker at the House of Representatives in Valletta. Mr Frangoulis is the outgoing Ambassador of Greece to Malta. Madam Speaker and Ambassador Frangoulis, who was accompanied by the Hon. Consul-General for Greece in Malta, Mr. Pantelis Mairangas, discussed the Parliamentary and electoral systems prevailing in Malta and Greece. Both Madam Speaker and the Ambassador appreciated Malta's and Greece's role in the Mediterranean as well as the two countries' excellent bilateral relations.

H.E. Mr Witjaksana Soegarda, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia, is also terminating his term of office as Ambassador to Malta and will now be taking up a Directorship in his Foreign Ministry in Jakarta. During his farewell call on Madam Speaker, Mr Soegarda praised the cooperation between Malta and Indonesia in multilateral fora and hoped that bilateral economic relations would improve too. Madam Speaker and Mr Soegarda agreed that a Maltese-Indonesian Parliamentary Group should be formed soon with aim of fostering further cooperation among parlamentarians, who have a direct link with the people themselves.