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- ↑ "Foreign Embassies in the U.S. and Their Ambassadors - Office of The Chief of Protocol". U.S. State Department. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ↑ "Ambassador from Tuvalu: Who Is Aunese Makoi Simati?", allgov.com, 27 April 2013
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