Five new envoys present credentials to President

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Five new envoys have presented their credentials to President Anura Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat.

Two High Commissioners and three Ambassadors presented their Letters of Credence to the President last Thursday.

The envoys who presented their credentials are:

High Commissioner of Canada Isabelle Marie Catherine Martin
High Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Australia Matthew John Duckworth
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Wiebe Jakob De Boer
Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdenor Khelifi (based in New Delhi)
Ambassador of the Republic of Iceland Benedikt Höskuldsson (based in New Delhi)

During the ceremony, President Dissanayake welcomed the newly accredited envoys and extended his best wishes for the strengthening of bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and their respective countries.

Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath and Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, were also present at the occasion.