Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Pres. Aquino receives credentials of new Resident, Non-Resident Ambassadors



President Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday received the credentials of several Resident and Non-Resident Ambassadors to the Philippines in separate ceremonies held in MalacaƱang Palace.

The President received the Resident Ambassadors at MalacaƱang’s Music Room. They were Nikolaos Kaymenakis of the Hellenic Republic of Greece; Kok Li Peng of the Republic of Singapore; Igor Anatolievich Khovaev of the Russian Republic; and Kim Jae-Shin of the Republic of Korea.

They were all given arrival honors at the Palace grounds.

The President meanwhile received the Non-Resident Ambassadors at the Rizal Hall. They were Mourad Belhassen of the Republic of Tunisia; Mun Song Mo of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; Felix Denegri Boza of the Federal Democratic Republic of Peru; Evgueni Stoytchev of the Republic of Bulgaria;

Tito Saul Pinilla Pinilla, Republic of Colombia; Anwar Al-Agha, State of Palestine; Chandradath Singh of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Benjamin Clement Eghan of Ghana; Beatrice Kirsch of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; and Zurab Aleksidze of Georgia.

All of them received foyer honors.

During the ceremony, the President was assisted by Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Laura del Rosario, Foreign Affairs Chief of Protocol Evelyn Austria Garcia, and Presidential Protocol Chief Celia Anna Feria.

In his speech following the presentation of credentials, President Aquino enjoined all nations to work together to address the threat of pandemic, as well as risks brought about by global climate change and terrorism.

“It is incumbent for all of us to synchronize our efforts and work harder to build more inclusive and more resilient communities. It is by doing so that we can pass to those younger than us a more harmonious, more progressive world, one in which no one is left behind,” said the President. (PCOO News Release)

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