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Envoys of China, South Africa, Greece, Somalia present credentials to President

ANI | August 28, 2019
New Delhi, Aug 28: Sun Weidong, Ambassador of China, and Joel Sibusiso Ndebele, High Commissioner of South Africa, were among the four envoys who presented their credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday.

Dionyssios Kyvetos, Ambassador of the Greece, and Somalia Faduma Abdullahi Mohamud, Ambassdor of Somalia, also presented their credentials, a Rashtrapati Bhavan release said.

China had appointed Weidong, a veteran diplomat, as its new ambassador to India in June. He replaced Luo Zhaohui, who was promoted to the post of Vice Foreign Minister.

Sun had been Director-General in China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Policy Planning Department and also served as China's Ambassador to Pakistan.