President Lee Jae-myung received letters of credence from newly appointed resident ambassadors to South Korea from eight countries, including Iran and Turkey.
Lee held the sixth credentials ceremony since his government took office at Chungmu Hall in the main building of Cheong Wa Dae, the presidential office on the 12th, welcoming the ambassadors. Those presenting credentials included Honduran Ambassador Vivian de Pierrefeu Midence, Slovenian Ambassador Miriam Teresa Možgan, Norwegian Ambassador Espen Fredrik Larsen and Kyrgyz Ambassador Melis Mamadaliev.
Senegalese Ambassador Fatou Gaye Ngom, Iranian Ambassador Ahmad Erfanian, Turkish Ambassador Fatih Yildiz and Lithuanian Ambassador Donatas Tamulaitis also submitted their credentials.
A credentials ceremony is the procedure through which a letter of credence issued by the head of state of the sending country to its new ambassador is delivered to the head of state of the receiving country. In individual talks following the ceremony, Lee welcomed each ambassador's arrival and asked them to play an active role in expanding cooperation across various fields, Senior Presidential Spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said.
The new ambassadors stressed that cooperation with South Korea is very important to their countries. They also pledged to do their best to expand mutually beneficial cooperation by drawing on each side's strengths in a range of areas including the economy, trade and investment, as well as advanced industries, defense and culture, Kang said.