On 16th January, a gathering of Senators and the diplomatic corps was organised at the Senate under the auspices of Milan Štěch. The President of the Senate thanked the Ambassadors for their work and mentioned problems that the Czech Republic is facing and will deal with as part of its foreign policy in 2018.
Traditional meeting of senators with the diplomatic corps
President of the Czech Senate Milan Štěch during his speech
Attendees of the event
The meeting was also attended by Miloš Vystrčil, Senator and Jaroslav Kubera, Deputy President of the Senate
Speech of the doyen of the diplomatic corps Giuseppe Leanza, Nuncio to the Czech Republic
From left: H.E. Latchezar Petlov, Ambassador of Bulgaria and President of the Senate Milan Štěch
Senators Vladimír Plaček and Jiří Vosecký
From right: H.E. Ma Keqing, Ambassador of China, Václav Homolka, Senator and Zdeňka Hamousová, Senator
H.E. Daniel Meron, Ambassador of Israel and Jiří Uklein
H.E. Manuela Franco, Ambassador of Portugal with H.E. Roland Galharague, Ambassador of France
H.E. Alexander Vladimirovič Zmejevskij, Ambassador of Russia with Senators Jan Veleba and Jaroslav Doubrava
H.E. Abdulla Mohamed Almaainah, Ambassador of United Arab Emirates with Jiří Dienstbier, Senator and Simone Šenkýřová Office of the Embassy of UAE
H.E. Bashar Akbik, Ambassador of Syria with Hassan Mezian, Senator
Senator Tomáš Czernin with H.E. Stephen King, Ambassador of the United States