Meeting with Diplomats

H.E. Bazevičius Saulius, Honorary Consul of Latvia

H.E. Lačezar Petkov, Ambassador of Bulgaria

H.E. Zall Gogsadze, Ambassador of Georgia

H.E. Anders Christian Hoppe, Ambassador of Denmark

H.E. Mohamed Selim Hammami, Ambassador of Tunisia

H.E. Sithong Chitnhothinh, Ambassador of Laos

H.E. Ma Keqing, Ambassador of China

H.E. Vera Mavrić, Ambassador of Serbia

H.E. Alexandr Zmejevskij, Ambassador of Russia greeting with Chairman of the Senate

H.E. Markus-Alexander Antonietti, Ambassador of Switzerland and Milan Štěch, Chairman of the Senate

H.E. Pedro Calvo-Sotelo Ibaňez-Martin, Ambassador of Spain

H.E. Giuseppe Leanza, Apostolic Nuncio in the CR

H.E. Charles Sheenan, Ambassador of Ireland entering the Senate

Chairman of the Senate during his welcoming speech

H.E. Maria Manuela Ferreira de Macedo Franco, Ambassador of Portugal and Václav Hampl, Chairman of the Committee for Europe

Petr Šilar, Senator and H.E. Hansjörg Haber, chargé d ́a aires of Germany

In January, the Senate of the Czech Republic held a traditional new-year meeting with diplomats working in Prague. Besides senators, the event was also visited by the representatives of diplomatic missions from tens of countries from all over the world. The chairman of the Senate, Milan Štěch began the event by outlining the upcoming year prospects in his speech, mentioning migration and terrorism, administration of the new American president Donald Trump, and the way Europe is going to come to terms with Great Britain ́s exit from the EU among the key issues to be addressed. He also talked about economic diplomacy which belongs among the activities of the Senate representatives as well.