Daily News 22 / 10 / 2026

Presidents von der Leyen and Costa receive letters of credence of Heads of Mission

This morning, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, António Costa, received letters of credence of 19 Heads of Mission to the EU. Together, the Presidents received the letters of credence of H.E. Ambassador Adamou Moumouni, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Niger; H.E. Ambassador Pranay Verma, Head of the Mission of the Republic of India; H.E. Ambassador Lee Byeongdo, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Korea; H.E. Ambassador Aïcha Nanette Conté, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Guinea; H.E. Ambassador Jonathan Wilkinson, Head of the Mission of Canada; H.E Ambassador Abhimanu Mahendra Kundasamy, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Mauritius; H.E. Ambassador Albana Dautllari, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Albania; H.E. Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, Head of the Mission of the United States of Mexico; H.E. Ambassador Malebo Mabitje-Thompson, Head of the Mission of the Republic of South Africa; H.E. Ambassador María Dolores Agüero Lara, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Honduras; H.E. Ambassador Marciano Edgar Armaketo, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Suriname; H.E. Ambassador Andrea González Nader, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Ecuador; H.E. Ambassador Jorge Carlos Tarud Daccarett, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Chile; H.E. Ambassador Nguyen Huang Tra, Head of the Mission of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam; H.E. Ambassador Dame Caroline Wilson, Head of the Mission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; H.E. Ambassador Joash Arthur Maangi, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Kenya; H.E. Ambassador Mariam Ali Moussa, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Chad; H.E. Ambassador Taras Kachka, Head of the Mission of Ukraine; H.E. Ambassador Mark Jeremy Talbot, Head of the Mission of New Zealand.