On 1 August 2008, H.E. Mrs. Merete Fjeld Brattested, Ambassador of Norway to Thailand, on behalf of the Acting Chairperson of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), accompanied by Mr. Jean Pierre Verbiest, Vice Chairperson and Mr. Said Irandoust, President, paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mr. Tej Bunnag, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to congratulate the Minister on his assumption of office.