Australian High Commissioner to Tonga presents his credentials to King Tupou VI Featured
The Australian High Commissioner to Tonga His Excellency Mr Adrian Morrison
20 March, 2019. The Australian High Commissioner to Tonga His Excellency Mr Adrian Morrison presented his credentials to His Majesty King Tupou VI at the Royal Palace in Nuku’alofa.
The presentation was followed by a private audience with the His Majesty King Tupou VI.
“I am honoured and privileged to have presented my credentials to His Majesty, and to serve as Australia’s High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga, a close friend and partner of Australia, as we step up our engagement in the Pacific”, Mr Morrison said after the ceremony.
“I have been humbled by the warm welcome I have received and impressed by the depth and breadth of our relationship with Tonga in all areas, including personal and family connections, sports and church linkages and development and security cooperation. I look forward to developing even stronger ties between our two countries during my time in Tonga”, Mr Morrison said.
Mr Morrison is a career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and until recently was Director, Mentoring, Performance and Diversity Section. He has previously served overseas as Deputy Head of Mission in Ottawa, Kabul, Baghdad and Riyadh in addition to postings in Suva and Seoul.
In Canberra, he has served as Director, North Africa and Arab League Section; and Director, Korea Section. Mr Morrison holds a Master of Arts (International Relations), Australian National University; and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons), University of Queensland.
