Malaysia's King Receives Credentials Of 13 Envoys

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- Thirteen foreign envoys to Malaysia on Friday presented their credentials to Malaysia's King Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah at Istana Negara (National Palace). Nine of them are resident in Kuala Lumpur and four in other countries. Those resident in Kuala Lumpur are Kolinio Gata Takali of Fiji; Karin Marike Mossenlechner (Netherlands); Abukar Abdi Osman (Somalia); Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt (Sweden); Rodrigo Perez Manriquez (Chile). Dr Ramadhani Kitwana Dau (Tanzania); Maria Castillo Fernandez (European Union); Mohammed Reda Ben Khaldoun (Morocco) and Dr Adel Mohamed Ali Ba Hamid (Yemen). The four non-resident envoys are Sylvestre Koassi Bile (Cote d'Ivoire, resident in Seoul); Anna Aghadjanian (Armenia, resident in Jakarta); Felix Ngoma (Congo, resident in New Delhi) and Manuel Eduardo Dos Santos E Silva Bravo (Angola, resident in New Delhi). Tuanku Abdul Halim and Queen Tuanku Hajah Haminah then posed for photographs with the envoys. Also present was Deputy Foreign Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican. --BERNAMA