• President Murmu accepts credentials from six envoys.
  • Finland, Vietnam and Mexico represented at the ceremony.
  • Estonia, EU and Belgium also present their ambassadors.
  • Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on September 25.
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 25th Sept:
President Droupadi Murmu on Friday accepted the credentials of envoys representing Finland, Vietnam, Mexico, Estonia, the European Union and Belgium at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The credentials ceremony marked the formal presentation of the six envoys to the President of India. The diplomats who presented their credentials were:
  • Mikko Kivikoski, Ambassador of Finland
  • Trinh Minh Manh, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Pedro Blanco Pérez, Ambassador of Mexico
  • Kristi Karelsohn, Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia
  • Jean-Eric Paquet, Ambassador of the European Union
  • Sophie Karlshausen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium

The ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan brought together representatives of European countries, the European Union, and key partners from Southeast Asia and Latin America.

The presentation of credentials is a formal diplomatic ceremony through which newly appointed heads of mission are officially accredited to India.