7 envoys present credentials to President

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Seven new envoys, including Mr Peter Varghese, the new High Commissioner of Australia, presented their credentials to President Pratiba Patil at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan here today.


The others who presented their credentials were Mr Javier Manuel Paulinich Velarde, the Ambassador of Peru, Ms. Nafsika Chr Krousti, the High Commissioner of Cyprus, Ms. Terhi Hakala, the Ambassador of Finland, Mr. Janez Premoze, the Ambassador of Slovenia, Mr. Adli Shaban Hassan Sadeq, the Ambassador of Palestine and Mr. Sami Mohammad S M al-Sulaiman, the Ambassador of Kuwait.


In her interaction with them, Ms Patil welcomed the new envoys to India and conveyed to them India's desire to have good relations and to intensify bilateral ties with their countries.


The President said the international community should work unitedly and collectively to combat terrorism. She stated that terrorism hampered peace and harmony in societies and adversely affected the process of creating prosperity.


Referring to the global financial crises, the President emphasized the need for reform in international financial institutions.

The ceremony was attended by the senior members of the missions and senior officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and Rashtrapati Bhavan, an official press release added.


Mr Varghese, the new Australian High Commissioner, is an Indian-Australian and was the Director General of Australia's Office of National Assessments (ONA) until recently. He will be concurrently accredited to Bhutan.

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