KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah handed over instruments of appointment to 11 Malaysian envoys at Istana Negara today.
Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah graced the ceremony, which was attended by Foreign Ministry's secretary-general, Datuk Seri Amran Mohamed Zin.
The newly-appointed Heads of Mission are Malaysian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Datuk Seri Ahmad Fadil Samsuddin, who is the former comptroller of the Royal Household, Ambassador to Vietnam Datuk Tan Yang Thai and Ambassador to Germany Dr Adina Kamarudin.
Also receiving instruments of appointment are Malaysian High Commissioner in Pakistan Mohammad Azhar Mazlan, Ambassador to Jordan Mohamad Nasri Abdul Rahman, Ambassador to Uzbekistan Ilham Tuah Illias and Malaysian High Commissioner in New Zealand Mazita Marzuki.
Others are Ambassador to Senegal Zainal Izran Zahari, Ambassador to Kazakhstan Mohd Adli Abdullah, Ambassador to Laos Edi Irwan Mahmud and Malaysian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Badli Hisham Adam. -- Bernama