New ambassadors present credentials to Uribe

New ambassadors to Colombia from Slovakia, Cyprus, North Korea, Serbia, Denmark, and the Philippines presented their credentials to outgoing President Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday during a ceremony in the Casa de Nariño presidential palace.

The presentation of ambassadorial credentials is a formality of international diplomacy. President Uribe will leave office on August 7 to make way for the incoming administration of Juan Manuel Santos.

The U.S.’s will also be sending a new ambassador to Colombia this year, when William Brownfield comes to the end of his post in Bogota. President Barack Obama nominated Peter Michael McKinley to fill the position.