Putin to accept 18 newly appointed ambassadors' credentials on Wed
MOSCOW. July 2 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will accept the credentials of 18 newly appointed foreign ambassadors on July 3.
As is the tradition, the ceremony will take place in the St. Alexander Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace, the Kremlin press service said.
The following ambassadors will present their credentials to the Russian leader: Denis Kalume Numbi (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Mohamed Yongawo (Republic of Sierra Leone), Tovar da Silva Nunes (Federative Republic of Brazil), Alemayehu Tegenu Aargau (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia), Vladimir Semashko (Republic of Belarus), Ms. Alba Azucena Torres Mejia (Republic of Nicaragua), Mehmet Samsar (Republic of Turkey), Tomislav Car (Republic of Croatia), Alibek Jekshenkulov (Kyrgyz Republic), Clemens Handuukeme Kashuupulwa (Republic of Namibia), Hamid Hamouni (Islamic Republic of Mauritania), Mohammad Latif Bahand (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan), Ms. Tasia Athanasiou (Hellenic Republic), Lee Sok-bae (Republic of Korea), Andreas Zenonos (Republic of Cyprus), Ms. Lilliam Rodriguez Jimenez (Republic of Costa Rica), Louis Sylvestre Radegonde (Republic of Seychelles), and Ms. Chandapiwa Nteta (Republic of Botswana).