Four envoys present credentials to President

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 20:47 [IST]

New Delhi, Mar 13 (UNI) Envoys of Sweden, Portugal, Tunisia and Jamaica today presented their credentials to President A P J Abdul Kalam.

They are Swedish Ambassador Lars Olof Lindgren, Portuguese Ambassador Luis Filipe Carrilho de Castro Mendes, Tunisian Ambassador Raouf Chatty and Jamaican High Commissioner Paul Anthony Robotham.

The ceremony was attended by senior members of the missions and senior officials of the External Affairs Ministry and Rashtrapati Bhavan.

UNI

Topics: EXTERNAL-ENVOYS

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