Diplomatic appointments: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, with the newly appointed heads who received their instruments of appointment at Istana Negara. Also present was Mohamad (sixth from left). — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, presented instruments of appointment to seven Malaysian envoys assigned to missions abroad and received the letters of credence from seven foreign envoys to Malaysia at Istana Negara.
The Malaysian envoys who received their instruments of appointment from His Majesty were Ambassador to Thailand Datuk Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Datuk Syed Mohamad Bakri Syed Abdul Rahman and High Commissioner to South Africa Datuk Yubazlan Yusof.
Also receiving their instruments yesterday were Ambassador to Brazil Datuk Mohammad Ali Selamat, Ambassador to Germany Mohamad Razdan Jamil, Ambassador to Spain Haznah Md Hashim and Ambassador to Poland Datuk Azri Mat Yacob, Bernama reported.
His Majesty also accepted the credentials of seven foreign envoys to Malaysia: Karim Mohamed Elsadat Abdelkarim Abdelkhalek of Egypt, Silke Riecken-Daerr of Germany, Daniella Ortega de Paiva Menezes of Brazil, Gerhad Eisl of Austria, Hennadii Nadolenko of Ukraine, Marianne Fosland of Norway and Raffaele Langella of Italy.
Also present at the ceremony were Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, Foreign Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Amran Mohamed Zin, and Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara Tan Sri Dr Azmi Rohani.
