His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa has today received the credentials of five new ambassadors, during a ceremony held at Al-Sakhir Palace.

The newly-appointed ambassadors are German Kai Thamo Boeckmann; Pakistani Afzaal Mahmood; Belgian Piet Heirbaut; Greek  Andreas Papadakis and Polish Pawel Lechowicz.

HM the King hailed strong bilateral relations and steadily-growing cooperation binding the Kingdom of Bahrain and the ambassadors’ friendly countries in all fields.

He wished the new envoys every success in their diplomatic duties to further strengthen relations of cooperation and friendship with the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The ambassadors conveyed to HM the King greetings and regards from their countries’ presidents, who wished HM the King abundant health and happiness and the Kingdom of Bahrain and its people further progress and prosperity, hailing strong bilateral relations in all fields.

The ceremony was attended by HM the King’s Personal Representative, Royal Court Minister, Foreign Minister, Royal Court Follow-up Ministers and the Royal Protocols chief.