The ambassadors received on Friday afternoon at Urugwiro Village include Kevin Colgan of the Republic of Ireland, Katarína Žuffa Leligdonová of the Slovak Republic and Andrii Pravednyk of Ukraine.

The Head of State also received letters of credence from new High Commissioners; Christopher Thornley of the Dominion of Canada, Isatu Aminata Bundu of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Jaspal Singh of the Republic of Singapore and Michael Ian Upton of New Zealand.

Among others; Kagame received credentials from new Ambassadors; Abdi Mahamoud Eybe of the Republic of Djibouti and Mónica de Greiff Lindo of the Republic of Colombia.

The new envoys are familiar with East Africa where they have been representing their countries. For instance, Kevin Colgan has been overseeing the interests of Ireland in Uganda while Katarína Žuffa Leligdonová and Andrii Pravednyk have represented their countries to Kenya.

The new envoy form Ireland will have residence in Kampala, the capital of Uganda while Slovakian Ukrainian ambassadors will oversee their countries’ interests in Rwanda with residence in Kenya.

Among others, Christopher Thornley of Canada will be based in Kenya along with Isatu Aminata Bundu of Sierra Leone, Jaspal Singh will have residence in Singapore, while Michael Ian Upton of New Zealand and Abdi Mohamoud Eybe of Djibouti will have residence in Ethiopia.

Monica de Greiff Lindo of Colombia will also represent his country with residence in Kenya.

Andrii Pravednyk of Ukraine will represent his country to Rwanda residence in Kenya

Katarína Žuffa Leligdonová has presented credentials to represent Slovakia in Rwanda.

Kevin Colgan of Ireland will oversee his country's interests in Rwanda with residence in Uganda.