Jakarta, (Antara)- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) received letters of credentials from new ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary from 18 countries, here on Tuesday at the Merdeka Palace.
The new ambassadors include Mehmet Kadri Sander Gurbuz from Turkey, Mohamed Abdulia M bin Mutleq Alghafli of the United Arab Emirates, Peter MacArthur of Canada, Michael Freiherr von Ungern-Strenber of Czech, Phavanh Nuanthasing of Germany, Helena Steinhausi of Austria, Deborah Ho Ng de Cigley of Panama, Gonzalo Mendoza Negri of Chile, Ahmed bin Jassim Mohammed Ali Al-Hamar of Qatar, Ahmed Amr Ahmed Moawad of Egypt, Osama Mohammad Abdullah Alshuaibi of Saudi Arabia.
Jose Renato Salazar Acosta of Colombia, Clement Philip Ricardo Allicock of Jamaica, Helena Drnovsek Zorko of Slovenia, Hinauri Petana of Austria, Walubita Imakando of Zambia, Yahya Ngam of Mauritania, Yazkuli Mammedov of Turkmenistan, and Anne Namakau Mutelo of Nambia.
The ambassadors were welcomed with a military ceremony, along with the singing of their national anthems.(*)
