President Anura Kumara Dissanayake officially received the credentials of five newly appointed ambassadors and one high commissioner at a ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat.
Among the diplomats was Sergey Viktorov, the first-ever resident Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Sri Lanka, marking a historic milestone in bilateral relations.
Kazakhstan becomes the first Central Asian nation to establish a resident diplomatic mission in Colombo, signaling a new chapter in regional cooperation.
The other envoys who presented their credentials included:
Alem Woldemariam – Ambassador of Eritrea (resident in New Delhi)
Jagnnath Sami – High Commissioner of Fiji (resident in New Delhi)
Alisher Tukhtaev – Ambassador of Uzbekistan (resident in Islamabad)
Yousef Mustafa Abdelghani – Ambassador of Jordan (resident in New Delhi)
Dasho Karma Hamu Dorjee – Ambassador of Bhutan (resident in Dhaka)
The ceremony was attended by Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath and Presidential Secretary Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.
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