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| The Ambassador of Switzerland, Mr. Rudolf Baerfuss and his wife, Ambassadress Beatrice Baerfuss. |
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| On August 1st, the Ambassador of Switzerland, Mr. Rudolf Baerfuss and his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Baerfuss, together with all the diplomats of the Embassy of Switzerland, offered the members of the Diplomatic Community a “vin d'honneur” to celebrate the National Day of Switzerland. |
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| The hosts greeted the guests at the entrance of the Embassy. |
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| The reception took place at the Embassy, at the lovely gardens with a wonderful view of Lake Paranoá. It was a day that proved the saying that the sky of the capital is the ocean of Brasília, so blue and clear. And the hundreds of guests enjoyed the wonderful buffet lunch and refreshments chattering at the shadowed porch. |
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| The hundreds of guests enjoyed the reception at the porch of the Embassy. |
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| Switzerland is a small, mountainous and wealthy country in the heart of Europe. Famous for the dangerously delicious cheese and chocolate, the luxurious watches and the sharp Swiss Army knife, Switzerland is also renowned for its enviable quality of life in a country that ticks along like clockwork. And so went the reception of the Swiss Embassy, sharply organized and flawlessly prepared for the distinguished guests. |
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| Ambassador Rudolf Baerfuss called the guests to listen to the National Anthems of Switzerland and Brazil and then gave a speech to the guests educating them about the history of Switzerland, the political strategies of the country, safe but with a central role in European affairs and more expressive in the EU every time and the good relations between Switzerland and Brazil, getting even stronger, after so much cultural, economic and political exchange, with important figures from Sitzerland having contributed to Brazil in cooperations in politics, law, arts, architecture and policing, with so much to be done still. |
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| Host and guests paid homage to the flags of Brazil and Switzerland, listening to the Anthems of both Nations. |
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| Ambassador Rudolf Baerfuss gave a speech to the guests educating them about Switzerland and its relations with Brazil. |
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| The event was honored by many important figures of the society of Brasília, representatives of the Brazilian government, Ambassadors from the other Embassies in Brasília, members of Itamaraty and business men. |
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| Mr. William Leyser O’Dweyr, Superintendent of Comercial Promotion and Support to Export of the State of Goiás (left) and Mrs. Sílvia Bertoni Reis, Public Diplomacy and Education Officer of the Embassy of Canada. |
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| Ambassador of Austria, Mr. Werner Bradstetter and Mrs. Ieda Veras, Advisor for the President of the House of Representatives of the State of Amazonas. |
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| Ambassador Daniel Yaw Adjei, of Ghana (left), and the Ambassador of the Czech Republic, Mr. Václav Hubinger. |
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| The Ambassador of the Slovak Republic, Mr. Marián Masarik and the Ambassador of Russia, Mr. Vladimir L. Tyurdenev. |
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| Ambassador of Findland, Mr. Hanuu Uusi-Videnoja and the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Chile, Minister Counsellor Maurício Ugalde. |
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| From left to right, the Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Winston Clyde Moore, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Nicaragua, Mrs. Liza Tuckler and the Ambassador of Ghana, Mr. Daniel Yaw Adjei. |
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| The Ambassador of Senegal, Mr. Mouhamadou Doudou Lo and the Ambassador of Gabon, Mr. Benjamin Legnongo-Ndumba. |
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| From left to right, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium, Mr. Johan Ballegeer, Ambassadress Ballegeer, Ambassadress Jill Greene and the Ambassador of Ireland, Mr. Martin Greene. |
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| From left to right, the Counsellor of the Egyptian Embassy, Mr. Ihab Ahmed, his wife Mrs. Sahar Behairy, the Second Secretary of the Slovak Republic, Miss Terézia Sajgalíková, Mr. Juan Pablo Valdez, Third Secretary of the Embassy of Canada and the First Secretary of the Danish Embassy, Mr. Christu Korgh. |
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| Mr. Giovanni Quaglia, Representative of the Office of UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and his wife, Mrs. Lisiane Bittencourt. |
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| Ambassador of Tunisia, Mr. Hassine Bouzid and the Ambassador of Algeria, Mr. Lahcene Moussaoui. |
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| The hosts showed the Swiss courtesy and hospitality giving special attention to all the guests and guaranteeing that they had a good time at the reception. |
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| Ambassadress Beatrice Baerfuss kindly attend to the guests at the flawless “vin d'honneur”, primely decorated with beautiful flower arrangements and impeccable organization. |
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| Ambassador Rudolf Baerfuss talked to his distinguished guests and made the reception even more pleasant and memorable to those who had the honor to be present. |
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| THE GUIDE talked to Ambassador Rudolf Baerfuss about the event, who revealed how special the mission in Brazil is for him. “Being here and making this reception is really important to me. I was in the Swiss mission in Brasília in the decade of the 80’s, I was First Secretary at the Embassy. My children were born here, as a matter of fact. And I had the dream of serving in Brazil as the Ambassador one day. Now, I live this dream”, said Ambassador Rudolf Baerfuss. |
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| Ambassador Rudolf Baerfuss, telling THE GUIDE a little more about his career. |
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| THE GUIDE congratulates the Embassy of Switzerland for its National Day! |
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