Two envoys who have officially completed their duty tour of the country, yesterday called on Presi­dent Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra to bid him farewell.

The two are the outgoing Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr Bijan Gerami Nazaksara who has been in the country for four years and his Japanese counterpart, Hisanobu Mochizuki.

Mr Nazaksara was the first to call on the President, followed by Mr Mochizuki who has also been in the country for the past three years. • President Akufo-Addo (left), presenting a gift to Mr Bijan Gerami Nazoksara (right), Iranian Ambassador to Ghana President Akufo-Addo (left) shaking hands with Mr Hisanobu Mochikuki (right), Japanese Ambassador to Ghana Each of them was presented with a carved stool and a souvenir as their part­ing gift in line with age-long practice of Ghana's presidency.

President Akufo-Addo expressed his profound gratitude to the departing envoys for their contributions towards further deepening the relations between their respective countries and Ghana.