President William Ruto received credentials of six new envoys to Kenya at State House, Nairobi, on Wednesday.
They are Ambassadors Moravia Peralta-Hernandez (Venezuela), Alfred Musemuna (Zambia), Vsevolod Tkachenko Igoverich (Russia), Hiroshi Matsuura (Japan), Sahak Sargsyan (Armenia) and Andris Razans (Latvia).
Prior to her current appointment, Ambassador Peralta-Hernandez served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) and the East African Community.
Ambassador Musemuna was the Charge D’Affairs at the Zambian High Commission in Nairobi before his current posting.
Previously, Ambassador Igoverich represented the Russian Federation in diplomatic postings to Uganda, Zimbabwe, Greece, South Africa, Ethiopia and the African Union.
Ambassador Matsuura has also served in various diplomatic postings to Malaysia, the United Kingdom and Latin America prior to coming to Nairobi.
Similarly, Ambassador Sargsyan served as Armenia’s envoy to Ethiopia and Rwanda before being posted to Kenya.
During his lengthy diplomatic career, Ambassador Razans has been the diplomatic advisor to the President of Latvia and ambassador to Latvia and Denmark.
Ruto welcomed the new envoys to the country, saying their posting would improve the diplomatic relations between Kenya and their respective countries.