US top diplomat for Asean due in Jakarta by October: Envoy


Yohannes Abraham, ambassador to Asean being sworn-in by US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 19, 2022. - Bloomberg

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The United States’ newly sworn-in envoy to Asean arrive in Jakarta by October to fill a post that had been left vacant “for a very long time”, Indonesian Ambassador to the US Rosan P. Roeslani revealed on Wednesday (Sept 21).

In May, US President Joe Biden revealed his nomination of Yohannes Abraham, the former chief of staff and executive secretary of the National Security Council, during the US-Asean Special Summit in Washington, DC.

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