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03-14-2008, 06:00 PM
President Leonel Fernandez received diplomatic credentials from five new ambassadors to the DR yesterday.
The new Papal Nuncio, Monsignor Jozaf Weslowski, will represent the Vatican in the DR. Born in Poland in 1948, he has served in South Africa, Costa Rica, Japan, Switzerland, India and Scandinavia. He speaks Spanish.
The new Taiwanese ambassador, Tsai Meng-Hung, also speaks Spanish. Prior to his appointment he was director of the Central and South American department of Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Relations and the representative of the Taipei economic and cultural office in Mexico.
The new ambassador of the Netherlands, Aart Jan M. Verdegaal has been a career diplomat since 1976, and has served in Peru, Indonesia, Finland and Austria.
Other diplomats who presented credentials were Janos Horvat for Hungary, and Vu Chi Cong for Vietnam, who previously served as his country's ambassador in Australia.
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The new Papal Nuncio, Monsignor Jozaf Weslowski, will represent the Vatican in the DR. Born in Poland in 1948, he has served in South Africa, Costa Rica, Japan, Switzerland, India and Scandinavia. He speaks Spanish.
The new Taiwanese ambassador, Tsai Meng-Hung, also speaks Spanish. Prior to his appointment he was director of the Central and South American department of Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Relations and the representative of the Taipei economic and cultural office in Mexico.
The new ambassador of the Netherlands, Aart Jan M. Verdegaal has been a career diplomat since 1976, and has served in Peru, Indonesia, Finland and Austria.
Other diplomats who presented credentials were Janos Horvat for Hungary, and Vu Chi Cong for Vietnam, who previously served as his country's ambassador in Australia.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)