Publish Date: 20 February 2020 - 09:44

TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (MNA) – Iran's newly-appointed Ambassador in Stockholm Ahmad Masoumifar submitted a copy of his credentials to the director of Sweden’s Foreign Ministry Formalities Department on Wednesday.

The new envoy will present his credentials to the king of the country on Thursday.

Masoumifar expressed hope that, as an ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, he could take effective steps in strengthening the relations between the two countries and two nations.

The new ambassador has previously served as Iran's ambassador to South Korea, consul general in Shanghai and charge d'affaires in Malaysia.

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