President Bashar al-Assad accepted Wednesday the credentials of the new ambassadors of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iraq.

Afterwards, President al-Assad received respectively Ambassador Mun Jong Nam of DPRK and Ambassador Sa’ad Mohammad Rida of Iraq, wishing them success in their missions.

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem and Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam attended the ceremony.

The two ambassadors were received and seen off according to the usual ceremonies.