Five New Envoys Present Credentials to President Dissanayake

COLOMBO : Three Ambassadors and two High Commissioners presented their Letters of Credence to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake this Thursday morning,Nov. (13) at the Presidential Secretariat.
The envoys 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.
   During the ceremony, President Dissanayake welcomed the newly accredited envoys and extended his best wishes for the strengthening of bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and their respective countries.
   Mr. Vijitha Herath, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, and Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the President were also present at the occasion.