The senior appointments committee of the Foreign Ministry, headed by Director-General Aharon Abramovitch, named six ambassadors on Monday to posts in Asia and South America.
Michael Lavon Lotem was named to represent Israel in Azerbaijan. The country will be represented in Vietnam by Amnon Efrat.
Israel's ambassador to Peru will be Yoav Bar-On, while Dori Goren is being sent to Uruguay. Posted to Panama is Yoad Magen and Eliahu Lopez is being assigned to Guatemala.