On September 19, 2022, Deputy Director-General of the Protocol Department of the Foreign Ministry Li Xiang accepted the copies of credentials respectively presented by newly-appointed Ambassador of Cyprus to China Martha Mavrommati and newly-appointed Ambassador of Lesotho to China Kenneth Sentle Rabale. Ambassador Martha Mavrommati arrived in China on September 1, and Ambassador Kenneth Sentle Rabale arrived in China on September 2.