INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Eleven newly appointed Ambassadors and six High Commissioners to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe
this afternoon (02 Feb.) at the Presidential Palace in Kandy.Accordingly, Ambassadors were appointed to Cote d’Ivoire, Uruguay, Mongolia,
Serbia, Sudan, Armenia, North Macedonia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Ecuador, while High Commissioners were appointed to
Jamaica, Tanzania, Malawi, Canada, Malaysia, and the Maldives.Following the acceptance of their credentials, President Ranil Wickremesinghe
engaged in cordial discussions with the new Ambassadors and High Commissioners.Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry, Secretary to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aruni Wijewardana, President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake, Senior Advisor to the President on National Security
and Chief of Staff to the President Sagala Ratnayake and a group of Parliamentarians from Kandy were present on this occasion.Below is the
complete list of the newly appointed Ambassadors and High Commissioners;1
N’dry Eric CamilleAmbassador-designate of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire based in New Delhi2
HallHigh Commissioner-designate of Jamaica based in New Delhi3
Albeto Guani AmarillaAmbassador-designate of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay based in New Delhi4
Ganbold DambajavAmbassador-designate of Mongolia based in New Delhi5
Anisa Kapufi MbegaHigh Commissioner-designate of the United Republic of Tanzania based in New Delhi6
Sinisa PacicAmbassador-designate of the Republic of Serbia based in New Delhi7
Leonard MengaziHigh Commissioner-designate of the Republic of Malawi based in New Delhi8
Abdalla Omer ElhusainAmbassador-designate of the Republic of Sudan based in New Delhi9
Eric WalshHigh Commissioner-designate of Canada based in Colombo10
Mr Youri BabakhanianAmbassador-designate of the Republic of Armenia based in New Delhi11
Slobodan UzunovAmbassador-designate of the Republic of North Macedonia based in New Delhi12
Robert MaxianAmbassador-designate of the Slovak Republic based in New Delhi13
Mr Badil Hashim Bin AdamHigh Commissioner-designate of Malaysia based in Colombo14
(Ms) Eliska ZigovaAmbassador-designate of the Czech Republic based in New Delhi15
Jan ThesleffAmbassador-designate of the Kingdom of Sweden based in New Delhi16
Francisco Teodoro GuevaraAmbassador-designate of the Republic of Ecuador based in New Delhi17
Ali FaizHigh Commissioner-designate of the Republic of Maldives based in Colombo
