News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Tues. Sept. 17, 2013: A Caribbean and Latin American ambassador are among several others who will present their credentials to President Obama in Washington, D.C., today.
President Obama will participate in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony in the Oval Office and receive the credentials from foreign Ambassadors recently posted in Washington.
Ethelstan Angus Friday, Ambassador of Grenada and Jose Julio Alejandro Ligorria Carballido, Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala are among the ambassadors who will participate.
The presentation of credentials is a traditional ceremony that marks the formal beginning of an Ambassador’s service in Washington.
Marisa Maria Louise Micallef, Ambassador of the Republic of Malta; Kaare Reidar Aas, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway; Anne Anderson, Ambassador of Ireland; Bozo Cerar, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia; Ruben Maye Nsue Mangue, Ambassador of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea; Mahe Uliuli Sandhurst Tupouniua, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Tonga and Bjoern Olof Lyrvall, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden are among others who will participate.