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to bid farewell to the Vice-Minister (equivalent to our Secretary General)
whom I encountered whenever the Ambassador met with him. I went to
his of ce but was sadly informed by his Personal Assistant that he was in a
meeting. However, to my surprise, the Vice-Minister came out of the meeting
room as he overheard me on the other side of the door and shook my hands
to say goodbye. I felt on top of the world for getting the opportunity to bid
farewell to the top-most diplomat in Gaimusho by the most junior diplomat
at the Embassy. T ank you Ambassador Kuriyama for the honour given to
this young diplomat then. Above all a big thank you to the late Tan Sri
Ahmad Kamil from whom I learned a lot and who made my f rst posting
one of the most memorable ones.

Dato’ Syed Sultan Idris, who hails from Penang, served Wisma Putra until 2016 as
Ambassador to Ireland. He is now serving the community through several NGOs. He is
presently the Deputy Chairman of Putrajaya Lake Club and a Council Member at KIWF.

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