Envoys Present Credentials to President

Four envoys presented their credentials to the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan here today.

The Envoys who presented their credentials were: - Her Excellency Ms. Patricia Figueroa, the Ambassador of El Salvador, His Excellency Mr. Sidek bin Ali, the High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam, His Excellency Mr. Levent Bilman, the Ambassador of Turkey and His Excellency Mr. Rainier Imperti, the Ambassador of Monaco.

The President during her interaction with the Heads of Missions stated that India has consistently sought friendly relations with all countries. She added that India is billion plus nation with a multi-cultural, multi-religious and a multi-ethnic society with a growing economy and there would be many areas of cooperation and collaboration that will promote trade, investment and people-to-people contacts.

The credential presentation ceremony was attended by the senior members of the diplomatic missions, senior officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

This Press Release issued at 1815 hrs.