Friday, February 16, 2001, updated at 20:43(GMT+8)
China
Jiang Accepts Credentials of Four Ambassadors
President Jiang Zemin accepted credentials from four new foreign ambassadors to China at the Great Hall of the People on Friday afternoon.
They are Venezuelan ambassador Juan de Jesus Montilla Saldivia, Guinea-Bissau's first ambassador to China, Nicolau Dos Santos, Thai ambassador Don Pramudwinai and New Zealand ambassador John Walter Mckinnon.
The ambassadors arrived in Beijing on January 9, January 19, January 27 and February 3, respectively.