KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, presented letters of appointment to three newly appointed Malaysian heads of mission to foreign countries at Istana Negara.
They were Malaysian High Commissioner to Canada John K. Samuel, Malaysian Ambassador to Belgium Shaiful Anuar Mohammad and Malaysian Ambassador to Iran Datuk Wan Aznainizam Yusri Wan Abdul Rashid.
Also present at the ceremony yesterday were Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, Istana Negara Comptroller of the Royal Household Tan Sri Dr Azmi Rohani and Foreign Ministry Deputy Secretary-General (Bilateral Affairs) Datuk Syed Mohamad Hasrin Tengku Hussin.
At the function, Sultan Ibrahim also received the credentials of 18 foreign heads of mission to Malaysia, Bernama reported.
The foreign heads of mission were Spanish Ambassador Sergio Farre Salva, Namibian High Commissioner Christine Hoebes, Belgian Ambassador Peter Huyghebaert and South African High Commissioner Maud Vuyelwa Dlomo.
Also present were Azerbaijani Ambassador Khazar Farhadov, Iraqi Ambassador Adnan Mhalhal Azara Al Maajoon, Indian High Commissioner Somnath Ghosh, Dutch Ambassador Michel Leon Hans Deelen and Omani Ambassador Hatim Hilal Ali Al Yaqoubi.
Among other foreign envoys were Chum Angvichet of Cambodia, Malik Kenesbayuly Murzalin of Kazakhstan, and Pham Thi Thuy Nga of Vietnam.
