New envoys to Sri Lanka from EU, Iran, Switzerland present credentials

24 Oct, 2023

Newly appointed Ambassadors to Sri Lanka from the EU, Iran and Switzerland handed over their credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat today.

Dr (Ms) Siri Walf the Ambassador of Switzerland in Colombo, Ms. Carmen Moreno the Ambassador of the European Union in Colombo and Dr. Alireza Delkhosh the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Colombo presented their credentials to President Wickremesinghe.

Tharaka Balasuriya, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Secretary to the President Saman Ekanayake were present on this occasion. (Colombo Gazette)

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