– Eleven newly appointed Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat today (25).The envoys represented Brazil, Bangladesh, China, Austria, the United States, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Brunei Darussalam, Sudan, Guyana and Panama.

The newly appointed Ambassadors are Jorge Geraldo Kadri of Brazil, Wei Huaxiang of China, Dr. Robert Zischg of Austria, Eric S. Meyer of the United States, Francisco Manuel Comprés Hernández of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Mohammed Abdalla Ali Eltom of Sudan and Nubiela Yanarith Ayala of Panama.he High Commissioners are D.M. Salahuddin Mahmud of Bangladesh, Prof. Kwasi Obiri-Danso of Ghana, Siti Arnyfariza Md Jaini of Brunei Darussalam and Dharamkumar Seeraj of Guyana.

While the ambassadors of Brazil, China and the United States are based in Colombo, the envoys from Austria, the Dominican Republic, Sudan and Panama are based in New Delhi or Hanoi.