MOSCOW, RUSSIA. - Sierra Leone’s new Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Mr. John Yambasu, landed at the Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow yesterday on the 20th October 2010 at the start of his posting to Moscow.
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H.E Mr. Yambasu and Entourage
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H.E Mr. Yambasu, together with a high-powered entourage from members of the United Kingdom Branch of the All People’s Congress (APC) Party were greeted with bouquets of flowers at the airport by the Head of Chancery, Mr. Ibrahim V. Kondoh, and staff of the Sierra Leone Embassy in Moscow, members of the Union of African Ambassadors and Executive members of the National Union of Sierra Leone students in Russia. In a short but exuberant reception in one of the VIP lounges at the airport, the Kenyan Ambassador to Russia, H.E Paul K. Kurgat ,who coincidentally happened to have graduated from the same University where Ambassador Yambasu did his preparatory Russia language course some 30 years ago was given the honour to chair the auspicious ceremony and he requested that there be a self introduction for fear of mispronouncing someone’s name. He officially welcomed H.E Yambasu to Russia and to their Ambassadors’ Group. “We hope to have a wonderful time with you and pray you enjoy your stay, but there are just two things I need to tell you about Russia: the extremely harsh weather and the Moscow ‘Probka’ (Traffic Jam)”
