Five newly appointed foreign ambassadors present credentials to president Dissanayake

Three newly appointed Ambassadors and two High Commissioners to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday morning (13th).

The diplomats who presented their credentials were:

1. Ms. Isabelle Marie Catherine Martin, High Commissioner of Canada (based in Colombo)
2. Mr. Wiebe Jakob De Boer, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (based in Colombo)
3. Mr. Matthew John Duckworth, High Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Australia (based in Colombo)
4. Mr. Abdenor Khelifi, Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (based in New Delhi)
5. Mr. Benedikt Höskuldsson, Ambassador of the Republic of Iceland (based in New Delhi)

President Dissanayake extended a warm welcome to the new envoys and conveyed his best wishes, expressing confidence that their appointments would help further strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation between Sri Lanka and their respective countries, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported.

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