M`SIAN KING RECEIVES NEW ENVOYS

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 (Bernama) -- Malaysian King Tuanku Mizan Zainal
Abidin received the credentials of four ambassadors and two high commissioners
to Malaysia at Istana Negara (National Palace) Thursday.

The ambassadors are Dr Ashot Kocharian (Armenia), Sigute Jakstonyte
(Lithuania), Jose Manuel Ovalle Bravo(Chile) and Zeljko Bosnjak (Croatia).

The high commissioners are Rooselelt Laston Gondwe (Malawi) and Nimisha
Jayant Madhvani (Uganda).

Dr Kocharian, 51, was press secretary to the Armenian president from 2003 to
2005 when he was appointed ambassador to India while Jakstonyte, 52, was
Ambassador at Large of the Global Policy Department of Lithuani's Foreign
Ministry.

Bravo, 64, was Chile's Consul-General in New York prior to this appointment
and had also served as ambassador to Poland while Bosnjak, 63, was Minister
Plenipotentiary, Head of Analytics and Communication.

Gondwe, 54, had served as Secretary to the Legal Affairs Committee and
Secretary to the Parliamentary Service Commission while Madhvani was First
Secretary-Deputy Ambassador, Commercial and Public Relations di Washington.
-- BERNAMA