BAGHDAD-INA
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Sahaf announced Wednesday that ambassadors from 12 countries have handed over their credentials in the ministry.
"The ambassadors of 12 countries have handed over their credentials at the Foreign Ministry," al-Sahaf said in a statement received by the Iraqi news agency INA.
He explained, "The credentials included the Korean Ambassador Joy Tong Su, the Algerian Ambassador Belkassem Mahmoudi, the Nepalese Ambassador Durga Prasad, as well as the Slovenian Ambassador Primoz Selko, the Kazakh Ambassador Idrabek Tomatov, and the Estonian Ambassador Lumbi Ibo."
The credentials also included Irish Ambassador Vincent O'Neill, Slovakian Ambassador Mark Varga, Burkinabe Ambassador Alassane Monnet, Nigerian Ambassador Farouk Malamy Yabo, Norwegian Ambassador Aspen Event Lindbeck and Cypriot Ambassador Michalis Ioannou .
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