Russian President Vladimir Putin will receive today the credentials of 18 new foreign ambassadors to Russia, the Kremlin press service said.
Eighteen new ambassadors will present their letters of credence: Abdul Qayum Kuchi (Afghanistan), Vardan Toganyan (Armenia), Jean-Arthur Regibeau (Belgium), Rene Coto Sounon (Benin), Antonio Luis Espinola Salgado (Brazil), Rodrigo Nieto Maturana (Chile), Arturo Fournier Facio (Costa Rica), Ghisela Atalida Godinez Sazo (Guatemala), Haydar Mansour Hadi ( Iraq), Gary Koren (Israel), Imangali Tasmagambetov (Kazakhstan), Rishi Ram Ghimire (Nepal), Luis Benjamin Chimoy Arteaga (Peru), Fahad Mohamed Abdullah al-Attiyah (Qatar), Abdul Salam Diallo (Senegal), Yves Rossier (Swiss Confederation), Mohammed Al-Shikhi (Tunisia), and Huseyin Lazip Dirioz (Turkey).
The ceremony will take place in the Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.
