Presentation of letters of credence marks the official beginning of foreign ambassadors’ work in Russia.
President Medvedev received letters of credence from:
Faiq Fariq Abdelaziz Nerwei – Republic of Iraq,
Vanna Thay – Kingdom of Cambodia,
Juan Eduardo Eguiguren Gusman – Republic of Chile,
Mamadou Saliou Diouf – Republic of Senegal,
Paul Kibiwott Kurgat – Republic of Kenya,
Aydin Adnan Sezgin – Republic of Turkey,
Azizullah Karzai – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,
Tom Risdahl Jensen – Kingdom of Denmark,
Luis Alberto Molina Cuadra – Republic of Nicaragua,
Ndali-Che Kamati – Republic of Namibia,
John Clayburn Sloan – Canada,
Dorit Golender – State of Israel,
Moses Benjamin Jallow – Republic of Gambia.
The presentation ceremony was also attended by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.