The six newly accredited ambassadors to Monaco, representing Lebanon, El Salvador, Canada, South Korea, Burundi and Thailand, pictured together at the Prince's Palace. · Photo: Manuel Vitali/Handout
Prince Albert II formally received six newly accredited ambassadors at the Prince's Palace on October 27, representing Canada, South Korea, Burundi, El Salvador, Thailand and Lebanon, a week after four other ambassadors presented their own credentials.
Prince Albert II received six newly accredited ambassadors to Monaco at the Prince's Palace on Tuesday, October 27, continuing a wave of diplomatic appointments that began just a week earlier when four other envoys presented their own credentials. The new arrivals represent Canada, South Korea, Burundi, El Salvador, Thailand and Lebanon.
Nathalie Drouin presented her credentials on behalf of Canada, Kwon Hyuk-woon for the Republic of Korea, Spes-Caritas Njebarikanuye for the Republic of Burundi, Tania Camila Rosa for the Republic of El Salvador, Nikorndej Balankura for the Kingdom of Thailand, and Rabih Chaer for the Lebanese Republic, each formally confirming their mandate to represent their country in the principality.
Following the ceremony at the Palace, the six ambassadors attended a lunch hosted by Isabelle Berro-Amadei, where discussions turned to the relationship between each of their countries and Monaco. The format mirrors the individual audiences that followed the previous week's credentials ceremony, giving newly arrived diplomats an early opportunity to raise specific priorities beyond the formalities of accreditation.
Ten new ambassadors have now presented their credentials to Prince Albert II within the span of a single week, broadening Monaco's formally accredited diplomatic corps across a wide spread of regions, from the Caribbean and Central America to East Asia, Southeast Asia, East Africa and Western Europe. For a principality of Monaco's size, the pace reflects how much of its international standing continues to be built through exactly this kind of steady diplomatic accumulation rather than any single large gesture.
