Malaysian King Presents Appointments to Seven Malaysian Diplomats, Accredits Seven Foreign Envoys

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 (Bernama) -- His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, presented instruments of appointment to seven Malaysian envoys assigned to missions abroad and also received the letters of credence from seven foreign envoys to Malaysia at Istana Negara (National Palace) here Thursday.

The seven envoys who received their instruments of appointment from His Majesty are Malaysian Ambassador to Thailand, Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah; Malaysian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Syed Mohamad Bakri Syed Abdul Rahman; and Malaysian High Commissioner to South Africa, Yubazlan Yusof.

Also receiving the instruments are Malaysian Ambassador to Brazil, Mohammad Ali Selamat; Malaysian Ambassador to Germany, Mohamad Razdan Jamil; Malaysian Ambassador to Spain, Haznah Md Hashim; and Malaysian Ambassador to Poland, Azri Mat Yacob.

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 event were Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, Foreign Ministry secretary-general Amran Mohamed Zin and the Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara Dr Azmi Rohani.

-- BERNAMA