KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah received the credentials of six envoys to Malaysia at Istana Negara here.
They are Rudolf Hykl of the Czech Republic, Huang Huikang (China), Carlos Isauro Felix Corona (Mexico), Roderick Richard Campbell Smith (Australia), Janab al-Sayyid Fakhri Mohamed (Oman), and Salah Mohi Eldin Elwassimy (Egypt).
Hykl, 48, was former Czech News Agency news editor (international service) while Huang, 59, was previously China's Treaty and Law Department director-general.
Felix Corona, 57, was former consul-general in San Francisco. Campbell Smith, 52, was former Australian ambassador to the Philippines, Janab al-Sayyid, 61, the previous Oman ambassador to Brunei, and Salah Mohi Eldin, 53, the former Egypt Foreign Affairs Ministry deputy assistant minister.
Tuanku Abdul Halim also presented credentials to five ambassadors and two high commissioners from Malaysia.
They are Mohamad Sadik Kethergany (Hungary), Norman Muhammad (Turkmenistan), Mohd Tarid Sufian (Algeria), Raja Nushirwan Zainal Abidin (Iran), Zakri Jaafar (Jordan), Mat Dris Yaacob (South Africa), and Cheong Loon Lai (Ghana).
Mohamad Sadik, 54, from Sarawak, was former Malaysian ambassador to Iran, Mohd Tarid Sufian was previously Foreign Ministry's Coordination and Implementation Department deputy director-general and Mat Dris, 64, was former Malaysian ambassador to Syria and consul-general in Vancouver, Canada.
Cheong was former Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Economic and Environment Division secretary and ministry's Regional Cooperation, Social and Culture Division secretary, Zakri was previously Malaysian representative in Santiago, Chile, and Raja Nushirwan was former Foreign Ministry's Asean-Malaysia National Secretariat deputy director-general. - Bernama
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