Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said the King had given his consent for the instruments of appointment to be mailed to the respective envoys due to the implementation of the movement control order 3.0 to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Previously, the presentation ceremony was usually held at Istana Negara.

“His Majesty takes this opportunity to congratulate the appointed envoys and they are reminded to carry out the tasks entrusted to them well.

“They must always protect the country’s good name and raise Malaysia’s profile on the international stage,” he said in a statement here today.

The newly appointed envoys are Malaysian ambassador to the Netherlands Nadzirah Osman, Malaysian high commissioner to the UK Zakri Jaafar, Malaysian ambassador to Belgium Ahmad Rozian Abd Ghani, Malaysian ambassador to France Mohd Zamruni Khalid, and Malaysian high commissioner to Singapore Azfar Mohamad Mustafar.

Also receiving the instruments of appointment were Roslan Abdul Rahman, who is posted to Australia, Ikram Mohd Ibrahim (Austria), Raja Reza Raja Zaib Shah (Brunei); Anizan @ Siti Hajjar Adnin (Canada), Kennedy Mayong Onon (Croatia) and Zamani Ismail (Egypt).

Others are Shaiful Anuar Mohammad, bound for Oman, Francisco Munis (Hungary), Tengku Sirajuzzaman Tengku Mohamed (Romania), Mohammad Faizal Razali (Algeria), Shazryll Zahiran (Bahrain), Raja Saifful Ridzuwan Raja Kamaruddin (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Azri Mat Yacob (Lebanon) and Nur Azman Abdul Rahim (Argentina).