The President of the Gabonese Republic, His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba, called on the Administrator, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, at Government House in Canberra, before a State Lunch in his honour. Professor Bashir and Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE joined His Excellency and Mrs Sylvia Bongo Ondimba for official photographs, a signature in the Government House Visitors' Book, and a meeting with officials from Australia and Gabon.