HIS Majesty the Sultan Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam yesterday afternoon consented to receive Letters of Credence from 22 non-resident foreign envoys to the country.

Following the ceremony, His Majesty consented to receive in audience the two newly-appointed High Commissioners and 20 newly-appointed Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brunei Darussalam.

Also present at the audience ceremony was Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Dewa Dato Seri Setia Lim Jock Seng, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II.

The ceremony took place at the Istana Nurul Iman.

The 22 non-resident foreign envoys to the country are:

- Abdelkrim Belarbi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Republic of Algeria.

- Yahya Ngam, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

- Roberto Carlos Vallarino Morena, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama.

- Nistor Constantin-Volodea, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania.

- Maria Auxiliadora Figueiredo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

- Hans Ola Urstad, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Norway.

- Gerardo Prato Rodriguez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

- Mahmoud Mohamed Aboud, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Comoros.

- Paulo Crudele, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Italy.

- Ahmed Faouzi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Morocco.

- Jacques Louis Werner, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

- Rogello Granguillhome Morfin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Mexican States.

- Joaquim Alberto de Sousa Moreira de Lemos, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Portugal.

- Qaley Aliyevich Allahverdiyev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

- Khalid Abdelghadir Shukri, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sudan.

- Zanele Angeline Mduli, High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Swaziland.

- Ahmad Abdullah Al Musalli Al A’Awady, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates.

- Christophe Ceska, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria.

- Betty Grace Akech-Okullu, High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda.

- Hakan Jevrell, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden.

- Gerard Cockx, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Belgium.

- Olof Skoog, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union. - Borneo Bulletin (21 March 2014)