Newly-appointed foreign ambassadors hand credentials

Originally published December 17, 1999

King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by his brother Prince Moulay Rachid, received in Rabat Thursday new ambassadors appointed in Morocco who handed him their credentials.

The new ambassadors are those of Portugal, Rui Goncalo Chaves De Brito Cunha; Germany, Dieter Scheel; Poland, Mieczyslaw Stepinski; Hungary, Karoly Gedai; Korea, Ju Chul Ki; Norway, Ole Kristian Holthe; and Mali, Fousseini Sy.

The meeting was attended by Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister Mohamed Benaissa and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Taib Fassi Fihri.

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