MFA Press Statement - Presentation of Credentials

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESS STATEMENT

The following new foreign Heads of Mission presented their diplomatic credentials to President S R Nathan in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:

(a) The High Commissioner of the Republic of India, Mr Alok Prasad, who has succeeded Mr Prabhat Prakash Shukla;

(b) The Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines, Mrs Belen F Anota, who has succeeded Mr Ernesto V Llamas;

(c) The Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See, Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, who has succeeded Archbishop Adriano Bernardini;

(d) The Ambassador of the State of Kuwait, Mr Mohammad Fadel Khalaf, who has succeeded Mr Jamal Mubarak A M Al-Nesafi;

(e) The Ambassador of the Republic of Benin, Mr Bantole Yaba, who has succeeded Mr Pierre Dossou Ago;

(f) The High Commissioner of Jamaica, Mr Paul Anthony Robotham, who has succeeded Dr Earl Alexander Carr; and

(g) The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Mr Karim Ebrahim Al- Shakar, who is the first Ambassador from the Kingdom of Bahrain to be accredited to Singapore.

The curricula vitae of Mr Alok Prasad, Mrs Belen F Anota, Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Mr Mohammad Fadel Khalaf, Mr Bantole Yaba, Mr Paul Anthony Robotham and Mr Karim Ebrahim Al-Shakar are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
5 APRIL 2004