UAE President Receives M'sian Envoy's Credentials
By Muin Abdul Majid
DUBAI, April 12 (Bernama) -- United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Sunday, the credential letters from the new Malaysian ambassador to this Gulf state, Datuk Yahaya Abdul Jabar.
The ceremony took place at the Al Bateen Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi, according to an embassy official.
Yahaya was accompanied by the mission's first secretary, Abdulah Ma'amor Ibrahim, and Malaysian consul-general in Dubai Syed Mohamad Hasrin Tengku Hussin.
Penang-born Yahaya, 57, replaces Datuk Abdul Mubin Razali.
Prior to his current posting, Yahaya served as high commissioner to South Africa from August 2004 and was chief of protocol at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry from May 2003 to 2004.
He was also ambassador to Uzbekistan from 1999 to 2003.
Yahaya served in various capacities at Malaysian missions in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Italy and Thailand.
The envoy is married to Datin Saedah Sanip.
Sheikh Khalifa also received credential letters from the ambassadors of South Africa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Japan, Kenya, Comoros and Greece.
-- BERNAMA
DUBAI, April 12 (Bernama) -- United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Sunday, the credential letters from the new Malaysian ambassador to this Gulf state, Datuk Yahaya Abdul Jabar.
The ceremony took place at the Al Bateen Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi, according to an embassy official.
Yahaya was accompanied by the mission's first secretary, Abdulah Ma'amor Ibrahim, and Malaysian consul-general in Dubai Syed Mohamad Hasrin Tengku Hussin.
Penang-born Yahaya, 57, replaces Datuk Abdul Mubin Razali.
Prior to his current posting, Yahaya served as high commissioner to South Africa from August 2004 and was chief of protocol at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry from May 2003 to 2004.
He was also ambassador to Uzbekistan from 1999 to 2003.
Yahaya served in various capacities at Malaysian missions in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Italy and Thailand.
The envoy is married to Datin Saedah Sanip.
Sheikh Khalifa also received credential letters from the ambassadors of South Africa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Japan, Kenya, Comoros and Greece.
-- BERNAMA
*photos from Emirates News Agency
