Brussels: Europe and the Arabs

On Friday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, received the credentials of 11 heads of mission from third countries to the European Union. According to what the Commission announced in Brussels, they are: His Excellency Mr. Osibi Agbangla, Ambassador of the Republic of Benin. - His Excellency Mr. Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdel-Aty, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt. In Belgium and Luxembourg

His Excellency Omar Abdul Razak, Ambassador of the Republic of Maldives. His Excellency Mr. Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva, Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil; His Excellency Jalal Mahdi Al-Ashi, Ambassador of the State of Libya. His Excellency Bey Mokhtar Diop, Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal.

His Excellency Gilbert Van Lierop, Ambassador of the Republic of Suriname; His Excellency Nawaf Al-Enezi, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait. His Excellency Zulfi Ismaili, Ambassador of the Republic of North Macedonia.

His Excellency Ahmed Tahseen Ahmed Barwari, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq. His Excellency Fu Cong, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China.

Many countries prefer to assign their ambassadors in Brussels and those accredited to the Belgian government to head missions in the European Union and NATO, while some countries appoint other personalities to head missions to the unified European bloc and NATO.