Sierra Leone High Commissioner to UK presents credentials to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
The Sierra Leone High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland HE Tamba James Sylvanus Lamina presented his diplomatic credentials to Her Majesty the Queen.
Sierra Leone High Commissioner to the UK and Her Majesty the Queen
On Wednesday, 20th February 2019, the Sierra Leone High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland HE Tamba James Sylvanus Lamina, was chauffeured to the inner chambers of Saint James Court in a royal horse-drawn carriage to present his diplomatic credentials to the Queen. They discussed her special interest in Sierra Leone and the struggles to overcome its development challenges.
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Also present at the ceremony was his wife Mrs Salma Lamina; The Deputy High Commissioner Mrs Agness Dugba Macauley and her husband; Mr. Charlie Ojukutu Macauley; Her Royal Highness the Queen바카라 사이트檚 marshal of the diplomatic corps; and Patricia Scotland, the first female Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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