ABU DHABI // Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, received on Wednesday the credentials of new ambassadors from friendly countries to the UAE at Al Mushrif Palace.
Also present were Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed, Chief of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The Ambassadors were Mohamed Sad Ouro-Sama of Togo, Faalavaau Perina Jacqueline of Samoa, Sander Soone of Estonia, Amadou Sonrhai of Niger, Wilfred Ali of Malawi, Archbishop Francisco Padilla of Vatican City, Arvydas Daunoravicius of Lithuania, Tony Joudi of The Bahamas, Angel Ramon Cibils of Paraguay, Tan Bunpa of Cambodia, Roland Beridze of Georgia, Japhet Isaack of Namibia, Boukary Sidibe of Mali, and Ni Jian of the People’s Republic of China.
Sheikh Mohammed welcomed the new ambassadors, wishing them success in boosting co-operation and friendship between the UAE and their respective countries.
The ambassadors in turn extended the greetings of their countries’ leaders to the President, Sheikh Khalifa, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid.
The ceremony was also attended by Dr Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemi, Minister of State for International Cooperation, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State, Ahmed Juma Al Za’abi, Deputy Minister for Presidential Affairs, Mohammed Ibrahim AI Shaibani, Director-General of the Ruler’s Court, Government of Dubai, and Khalifa Saeed Suleiman, Director-General of the Department of Protocol and Hospitality in Dubai, along with a number of officials, reported Wam, the state news agency.
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