PUTRAJAYA: Five new Malaysian heads of mission (Malawakil), amongst them to Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Japan, will receive their letters of appointment from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on June 20.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah (pic) stated the remaining 24 vacancies for heads of mission, together with to Australia and New Zealand, had been within the course of of being finalised.
“These 5 have already acquired approval from the host nation,” he instructed reporters after delivering the keynote handle on the fiftieth anniversary of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Malaysia, right here, on Thursday (June 9).
Saifuddin defined that the vacancies had been due to the retirement of officers and in addition due to the Covid-19 pandemic which made the motion of officers not possible.
He added that the identical downside was additionally skilled by different nations and this could possibly be seen when a big quantity of heads of international missions to Malaysia submitted their credentials to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong lately.
“It may be very uncommon for greater than 20 (heads of missions) to be handing over their credentials on the similar time,” he stated.
The media earlier reported that Public Service director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shafiq Abdullah of having stated that the Public Service Department was in talks with the Foreign Ministry to instantly fill 29 vacancies for heads of mission.
Mohd Shafiq stated, in the meanwhile, the vacancies had been being stuffed by chargé d’affaires advert interim.
For the report, Malaysia has 107 representatives abroad with some being heads of mission and the remainder consul-generals.- Bernama
