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Ambassador Tapiola presents his credentials to President Ramkalawan (Photo: Thomas Meriton)

The new Finnish Ambassador to Seychelles, Pirkka Tapiola, yesterday presented his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House, becoming the tenth diplomat to occupy the post since the two countries set up diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level on April 1,

Ambassador Tapiola, who will be based in Nairobi, Kenya, replaces Erik Lundberg who had been occupying the post since

It was on March 27, , through a joint communiqué addressed to the secretary general of the United Nations, Javier Perez de Cuellar, on the setting up of diplomatic relations between the government of Finland – through Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations Keijo Korhonen – and the government Seychelles – through Chargé d’Affaires and Permanent Mission of Seychelles at the United Nations M