Nine new ambassadors

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The Foreign Affairs Ministry today confirmed the appointments of new ambassadors to nine countries out of thirty three.

Accordingly, Kshenuka Seneviratne had been appointed to Thailand, H.U. Dissanayake to Vietnam, R.D. Rajapaksha to Sweden, A.H.M. Saadique to the Netherlands and P. Selvaraj to Israel.

Former Chief of Defence Staff Jagath Jayasuriya had been appointed as the Ambassador to Brazil, Y.K. Rohanjith to Iran, retired General S.M. Ratnayake to Pakistan and Dr. W.M. Karunadasa had been appointed to Qatar.

Ministry said the approval for rest of the appointments by the designated countries is yet to received. (Lakna Paranamana)

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