President Milei received credentials from four ambassadors

President Javier Milei, accompanied by Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno, received the credentials of the new ambassadors accredited to the Argentine Republic in the Saln Blanco (White Hall) of the Casa Rosada.

The ambassadors who presented their credentials on Monday were Ahuva Spieler Reshef (Israel), Christian De Lannoy (Belgium), Olive Mara Hempenstall (Ireland), and Veikko Roobert Kiljunen (Finland).

Israel Spieler Reshef, a career diplomat who was previously consul general to Hong Kong, was born in Moldavia in 1973. She studied Far Eastern Studies and International Relations at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and entered the Israeli Foreign Service in 2001. 

Belgium De Lannoy, who will also serve as ambassador to Paraguay and Uruguay, was previously Belgium’s ambassador in Chile. He holds a degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

I am very excited about this new challenge (…) and I look forward to traveling throughout this fascinating region, he wrote on the Belgium Embassys social media accounts.

Finland Finnish Ambassador Veikko Kiljunen later laid a wreath at the monument to General Jos de San Martn.

Kiljunen has previous experience in the diplomatic service as deputy mission head at the Finnish Embassy in Tehran. He has also worked at Finlands Permanent Mission to the UN in New York.

Ireland Olive Mara Hempenstall begins her diplomatic mission this week, while the other ambassadors have already been in the country for a few weeks.

She holds a law degree from University College Cork and a Master of Laws from the University of Edinburgh. Her posting covers Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia. She joined Ireland’s diplomatic service in 2000 and previously served as Ireland’s ambassador to Croatia, among other overseas assignments.