Ambassador's Blog: When Marty Met Murray

Relationships stand or fall on the connections maintained at all levels. I think the Indonesia New Zealand relationship saw more Ministerial connectivity in 2012 than perhaps ever before. In addition to the Prime Minister’s visit in April, accompanied by the Trade Minister and a top-level business and official delegation, there were a number of visits to Indonesia over the year, including by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Economic Development and Tertiary Education, Primary Industries, Immigration and the Minister of Civil Defence/Deputy Minister of Tourism. Indonesia’s Trade Minister visited Wellington and Auckland. There were also valuable senior Defence, Police and other official visits in both directions.

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