President Danilo Medina received the credentials from the ambassadors of Nicaragua, India, Jordan, Sweden, Norway and the United Arab Emirates on Friday, 19 June 2019, at the Presidential Palace. This time, of the six new ambassadors, five were women.
The new ambassadors are:
Iris Audelly Acuña Huete of Nicaragua. She was previously assistant at the Europe Agency at the Ministry of Foreign Relations in Nicaragua. She is a specialist in politics and international cooperation.
Madhu Sethi of India: Sethi was an officer at the National Security Council of India’s Prime Minister office. She was vice director of the India Council for World Affairs.
Sima Sami Balhous from Jordan: She was formerly Jordan’s permanent representative to the United Nations.
Elizabeth Exclun from Sweden. She is the former Swedish ambassador in Cuba and vice consul in Jerusalem. She was the director for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and deputy director at Justice, Migration and Political Asylum divisions in Sweden.
Ingrid Mollestad from Norway: She is a former Norway ambassador in Cuba and to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). She has also served in several positions at the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Norway.
Bader Abdullah Al Matrooshi from the United Arab Emirates is a former UAE ambassador in Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica.
During the ceremony, held in the Ambassadors Hall of the Presidential Palace, Medina was accompanied by Foreign Relations Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado.
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Presidencia
25 June 2019