Six new ambassadors accredited to Sri Lanka presented credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. They are Republic of Belarus ambassador Vitaly A Prima, Ireland ambassador Feilim McLaughlin, Swedish ambassador Harald Sandberg, Mongolian ambassador Sanjaasuren Bayaraa, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ambassador Shaida Mohammad Abdali and Burkina Faso ambassador Idriss Raoua Ouedraogo. All six ambassadors are residents at the embassies in New Delhi. External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris and Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga were also present. Picture by Sudath Silva