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Minister and Chargé d’Affaires of Germany in Brazil, Mr. Hermann-Josef Sausen, and his wife, Mrs. Gabriele L. H. Sausen. |
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The Embassy of Germany celebrated the country’s National Day on October 15th, 2009. Ambassadors, diplomats and members of Brasília society were at the event to greet Mr. Hermann-Josef Sausen, Chargé d’Affaires of Germany in Brazil, and other German diplomats. |
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Chargé d’Affaires of Germany in Brazil, Mr. Hermann-Josef Sausen, is greeted by the guests. |
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Ambassador of Italy, Mr. Gherardo La Francesca (left), Ambassador of Cyprus, Mrs. Martha Mavrommatis and Ambassador of Greece, Mr. Dimitri Alexandrakis. |
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Mr. Gerard Larose (left), Director of AFD – Agence Française de Développement, and Mr. Saleh Buges, Chargé d’Affaires of Saudi Arabia. |
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Ambassadress of Namibia, Mrs. Demitria Ipinge and Ambassadress of Senegal, Mrs. Mariéme Seck. |
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Mrs. Juliana Apostólico, Representative of Meliá Hotels and Mrs. Gabriela Aleixo, Group Coordinator of Meliá Hotels. |
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Mr. Emiro Antonio Brito Córdova, First Secretary at Embassy of Venezuela and Mrs. Mônica Moreira. |
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The embassy’s garden, projected by the renowned Brazilian landscape designer Roberto Burle-Marx, was beautifully decorated with tents where the guests could taste the authentic German food as well as the famous German beer. |
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Decoration with tents at the embassy’s gardens. |
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Guests enjoyed German dishes… |
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…and the genuine beer from that beautiful country. |
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After the guests arrival, Brazil and Germany national anthem were played, and after, the European anthem, the beautiful Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, preceding Mr. Hermann-Josef Sausen’s speech. |
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The anthems of Brazil and Germany were played at the event, as also the anthem of the European Union. |
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In his speech, Mr. Hermann-Josef Sausen cited President Lula who said Brazil and Germany have a very close relation and that they intend to double the amount of business they had done in the last 15 years. He said Germany is expecting President Lula’s visit in the next month of December and that 2010 and 2011 will be the Years of Sciences Brazil- Germany. |
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Chargé d’Affaires of Germany in Brazil, Mr. Hermann-Josef Sausen’s, made a speech to the guests. |
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Ambassador of Suriname, Mrs. Mavis Demon-Belgraef and Ambassador of Turkey, Mr. Ersin Erçin. |
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Ambassador of Finland, Mr. Ilpo Manninen, Counselor at the embassy of Poland, Mr. Marceli Minc and Journalist from the Brazilian Senate, Mr. Ivan Godoy. |
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From left: Ambassador of Serbia, Mr. Dusan Gajic, Minister of Venezuela, Mrs. Dulce Fuentes, Mrs. Fadila Rahmani and Mr. Abdelhamid Rahmani, Couselor at the embassy of Algeria. |
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A jazz trio played during the whole celebration under an atmosphere of joy and happiness. At the end, the guests received souvenirs from the embassy. |
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Guests enjoyed jazz during the celebration. |
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Guests received gifts from the embassy of Germany. |
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Ambassador of Turkey, Mr. Ersin Erçin (above) and Mr. Katsuhiko Haga, Chief Representative of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency – JICA (below), were some of the lucky guests at the celebration. |
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THE GUIDE congratulates the Embassy of Germany for its National Day!
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