TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Penny Williams PSM visited Jayapura in Papua province on February 26 and 27. While in Jayapura, Ambassador Williams met with the chairman of DPR Papua Jhony Banua Rouw, Papua Province Acting Governor Dr. M. Ridwan Rumasukun, and the Papua Chief of Police, Insp. Gen. Mathius D. Fakhiri.

Ambassador Williams also visited the Regional Development Planning Agency in Jayapura to see in person how Australia and Indonesia are working together for better development planning in Papua.

"I am very pleased to visit Jayapura and to see firsthand the cooperation between the province of Papua and Australia," Ambassador Williams said.

One of the highlights of Ambassador Williams' visit to Jayapura was a dinner with prominent Australian Alumni women leaders in Papua. Ambassador Williams also met with the Rector of Cenderawasih University, Dr. Oscar Oswald O. Wambrauw.

Ambassador Williams is a senior official in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Prior to her appointment as the Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Williams served as the Deputy Secretary of DFAT. She has also served as the Australian Ambassador to Malaysia and was Australia's first Ambassador for Women and Girls. Williams is the first female Australian Ambassador to Indonesia.

Williams is fluent in Indonesian due to her educational background in Bachelor of Asian Studies (Honors) with a focus on: He holds a Bachelor of Asian Studies (Honors) with a focus on Indonesia, as well as a Masters in Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development.

Suci Sekarwati

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