PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS
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18/10/2001
| President Guido de Marco this morning was presented with the letters of | credence by Dr Alfons M. Kloss, Ambassador of Austria, and by Mr. Fabio Valencia Cossio, Ambassador of Colombia, at the Presidential Palace in Valletta. |
| Dr Kloss, who graduated in law at the University of | Salzburg, covered a number of diplomatic posts during his career, among which New Delhi, Helsinki, and Bonn. Prior to being appointed Ambassador in Rome, Dr Kloss was also assigned to the Office of the Federal President. |
| The Colombian Ambassador is a Doctor of Law and | Political Sciences. Mr Fabio Valencia Cossio rose through the ranks of the Conservative Party to occupy major posts during his long and distinguished political career. Between 1998 and 1999, he served as President of the Senate and the Congress of the Republic of Colombia. |
| Both Dr Kloss and Mr Valencia Cossio are resident in | Rome. |
| President de Marco later hosted a luncheon in honour | of the two newly-accredited Ambassadors at San Anton Palace. |
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