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For his part,
Ambassador Yabes pledged to work for
the enhancement of relations between
the two countries.
At the end of the
meeting, President Zardari gave the
Ambassador a copy of the book
"Reconciliation," by the late former
Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir
Bhutto.
As part of tradition,
a pompous and colorful Honor Guard
Ceremony was held at the quadrangle
of the Presidency before the
presentation of credentials.
Ambassador Yabes rode
a horse-drawn open carriage
surrounded and led by a platoon of
saber-and-lancer-carrying mounted
cavalry, and was dropped off in
front of the main entrance of the
Presidency.
Accompanying him in
the carriage was the Chief of
Protocol of the Pakistani Ministry
of Foreign Affairs Mr. Ghalib Iqbal.
The military band
then played the Philippine and
Pakistani national anthems of the
Philippines and Pakistan.
Joined by the
Military Secretary of the President,
Ambassador Yabes trooped the line of
honor guards.
Ambassador Yabes is a
career ambassador who served as
Assistant Secretary of the Office of
Legal Affairs prior to his posting.
He was also Assistant Secretary of
the Office of Middle East and
African Affairs (2008), Philippine
Consul General to Shanghai
(2002-2007), Philippine Ambassador
to Singapore (1992-2002); Deputy
Chief of Mission, Minister and
Consul General to Tokyo (1996-1999),
among others.
Also presenting their
credentials on that day were the
Ambassadors to Pakistan of Qatar,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Cyprus.
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