Envoys submit Letters of Credence

Kathmandu, Aug 29: President Bidya Devi Bhandari Monday received the letters of credence from Wellage Swarnalatha Perera, Mentor Patricia Vilagomez Merinom, Jozef Drofenik and Jagadishwar Goburdhun, ambassadors Sri lanka, Ecuador, Slovenia and Mauritius to Nepal respectively.

The ambassadors submitted the letters to the President amidst a special ceremony held at the Ceremonial Hall at Shital Niwas.

Perera is residential ambassador while Merino, Drofenik and Goburdhun are based in New Dehli, India with concurrent accreditation to Nepal.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, Chief of the Army Staff General Rajendra Chhetri, foreign affairs expert at the Office of the President Dr. Madan Kumar Bhattarai, foreign secretary Shankar Das Bairagi, secretary at the Office of the President Bhupendra Prasad Poudel and other senior government officials were present during the occasion.