NEW AMBASSADORS PRESENT CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA

The President of Malta Prof. Guido de Marco this morning received the letters of credence of the ambassadors of Argentina and the Yugoslavia.

Dr. Elsa Kelly is the newly accredited ambassador of the Argentine Republic to Malta. Dr. Kelly graduated as a lawyer in 1960 from the University of Buenos Aires where she was also a lecturer; subsequently studied at Harvard University. She entered the diplomatic service in 1962 and in the course of her career participated, on behalf of her country, in the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. Between 1985 and 1987 Dr. Kelly was elected member executive council of UNESCO. She also served a member of parliament. Dr. Elsa Kelly presently also holds the office of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Argentina in Italy.

Prof. Miodrag Lekic was a member of the Government of the Republic of Montenegro and on the Yugoslav Commission for the co-operation with UNESCO. The founder and director of the Centre for Mediterranean Studies in Montenegro, Prof. Lekic has served at various posting in the Yugoslav diplomatic corps since 1990. Most recently he was appointed ambassador to Italy and now also to Malta.

Ambassador Kelly and Ambassador Lekic will be residing in Rome.

The President and Mrs. de Marco later hosted the newly accredited ambassadors to luncheon at San Anton Palace.