▲ Saeed Koozechi, Iranian Ambassador to Korea

President Yoon Suk-yeol received creden­tials from newly ap­pointed ambassadors of 11 countries, including Den­mark, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan, to South Korea on May 12.

President Yoon held a ceremo­ny with 11 ambassadors at the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul, later in the day. It is a procedure in which the head of state of the sending country hands over the credentials of a new ambassador to the head of state of the host country.

In attendance were Ambas­sador Atoki Ileka of the Dem­ocratic Republic of the Congo, Ambassador Amira A. Agarib of Sudan, Ambassador Sar­ah Angelina Solís Catañeda of Guatemala, Ambassador Songkane Luangmuninthone of Laos, Ambassador Tarash Papaskua of Georgia, Ambas­sador Carlos Peñafiel Soto of Mexico, Ambassador Dawn Elizabeth Bennett of New Zea­land, Ambassador Paul Fer­nando Duclos Parodi of Peru, Ambassador Svend Olling of Denmark, Ambassador Saeed Koozechi of Iran, and Ambas­sador Tamara Ann Mawhinney of Canada.

Economic Minister Choi Sang-mok, Public Relations Minister Kim Eun-hye, Na­tional Security Office First Secretary Kim Tae -hyo, Spokesperson Lee Do-woon, and First Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jang Ho-jin were pres­ent.