Seven new envoys accredited to Sri Lanka present credentials

06 May, 2019

Seven new foreign Ambassadors and High Commissioners accredited to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Maithripala Sirisena at the President?s House in Colombo today.

The Envoys who presented credentials are:

Ashraf Farhad Shikhaliyev ? Ambassador of Republic of Azerbaijan
Daniel Chuburu ? Ambassador of Argentine Republic
David John Holly ? High Commissioner of Commonwealth of Australia
Artis Bertulis ? Ambassador of Republic of Latvia
Julius Pranevicius ? Ambassador of Republic of Lithuania
Bounneme Chouangham ? Ambassador of Lao People?s Democratic Republic
Abdulrahman Mohamed AlGaoud ? Ambassador of Kingdom of Bahrain

David John Holly, the High Commissioner of Australia is the only resident envoy while all others are concurrently accredited envoys residing in New Delhi.

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