The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, received the new Ambassadors at the Quirinale in the afternoon, in separate audiences, for the presentation of the Letters of Credence:
H.E. Satyajit Arjuna Rodrigo, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka;
H.E. Jonathan Peled, for the State of Israel;
H.E. Julianne Mary Cowley, Australia;
H.E. Yacouba Diakité, Republic of Mali;
H.E. K.E. Cyrille Ganou/Badolo, Republic of Burkina Faso;
H.E. Peter Taksøe-Jensen, for the Kingdom of Denmark
The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giorgio Silli, was present.