JAKARTA, Aug. 6 -- Ambassador Martin Makururu today presented his Letter of Credence as the Ambassador of the Republic of Zimbabwe to ASEAN to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat.

Secretary-General Dr. Kao congratulated Ambassador Makururu on his assumption of office and looked forward to working closely with him and the Embassy of Zimbabwe in Jakarta to strengthen ASEAN-Zimbabwe relations. He encouraged Zimbabwe to explore opportunities for cooperation with ASEAN in areas of mutual interest, including trade, investment, tourism and business-to-business linkages.

Ambassador Martin Makururu underlined Zimbabwe's interest in initiating its engagement with ASEAN and expressed his readi...