Shumbayawonda, presents credentials to Israeli president

 

President Isaac HerzogArie Leib Abrams/Flash90

 Non-resident Ambassador of the Republic of Zimbabwe to to Israel H.E. Air Marshal (Rtd.) Shebba Shumbayawonda yesterday presented his credentials to President Isaac Herzog  alongside the new ambassadors of Moldova, Ghana, New Zealand, Mongolia, and for the first time, Palau.

According to official Israeli sources, the ambassadors met with the president in a series of official ceremonies at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.

The incoming ambassadors were welcomed by the IDF Band playing their respective national anthems and they inspected an IDF honor guard in the Ceremonial Plaza, after which they presented their letters of credence to the President in the Great Hall.

The President held an audience with each ambassador, after which each ambassador signed the guest book. At the end of each ceremony, the Israeli national anthem was played.

Ambassador of the Republic of Zimbabwe H.E. Air Marshal (Rtd.) Shebba Shumbayawonda has been serving as Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Egypt since 2019 and was third to meet the president.

President Herzog expressed his hopes for the expansion of relations in various fields.