Envoy’s Album: Photos from distanced diplomatic happenings

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1. To mark the 108th anniversary of the independence of Albania, Ambassador Ermal Muca and his wife, Alma, hosted a flag-raising ceremony at Ottawa City Hall. David Sproule, director-general for Eastern Europe and the Arctic at Global Affairs Canada, delivered opening remarks. (Photo: Ülle Baum ) 2. Chief of Protocol Stewart Wheeler, Kosovar Ambassador Adriatik Kryeziu, Greek Ambassador Konstantina Athanassiadou and North Macedonian chargé d’affaires Dimitar Blazhevski attended the Albanian flag-raising ceremony at City Hall. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 3. The Mexican Embassy presented a Lights Up! Panorama Art experience at the Ottawa Art Gallery with visuals by AVA Animation and Visual Arts. The three-minute animation loop show was also on Facebook live. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 4. To mark Belgium’s King's Day, Belgian Ambassador Johan Verkammen and his wife, Kathleen Billen, hosted two movie nights at Landmark Cinemas Kanata. The award-winning movie, King of the Belgians, was shown to 100 people during this two-day event. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 5. From left, Robert R. A. Fry, director-general of the Bureau of European Affairs at Global Affairs Canada, Hungarian Ambassador Maria Eva Vass-Salazar and chief of protocol Stewart Wheeler attended the Belgian celebration. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 6. Tunisian Ambassador Mohamed Imed Torjemane and his wife, Ihssane Boujendar Ep Torjemane, attended the Belgian event. (Photo: Ülle Baum)

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1. Korean Ambassador Chang Keung Ryong hosted a Turn Toward Busan memorial ceremony at the cairn outside Ottawa City Hall. The event was organized by the Korean Embassy, the Korea Veterans Association – National Capital Unit 7, with the assistance of Veterans Affairs Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 2. Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre, left, and Ryong, at the Korean event. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 3. Tong Zhang, shown here, wife of Chinese Ambassador Peiwu Cong, hosted an online cultural salon featuring "600 years of the Forbidden City" with special guest speaker Meixia Guo, director of publicity and education of the Palace Museum. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 4. On the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the independence of Kazakhstan, Kazakh Ambassador Akylbek Kamaldinov and his wife, Olga, hosted a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall along with an online national day presentation. From left: Kamaldinov and deputy mayor Laura Dudas. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 5. Gen. Jonathan Vance, chief of defence staff, spoke on Indigenous Veterans Day at the Canadian War Museum, when the donated Normandy Warrior, a painting by Ottawa artist Elaine Goble, was unveiled. It’s a tribute to Pte. Philip Favel’s service with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in the Second World War, and his post-war efforts as an advocate for Indigenous veterans. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 6. At the event, from left: Nadine Favel, granddaughter of Pte. Philip Favel, Second World War Veteran James Eagle and Goble. (Photo: Ülle Baum)

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1. Victoria Carol Erikkson, wife of Finnish Ambassador Roy Erikkson, hosted a distanced get-together to welcome the spouses of European diplomats from Ireland, Norway and the EU, who recently arrived in Canada. From left: Erikkson; Piret Lukk, wife of Estonian Ambassador Toomas Lukk; Jenni Ahlin, wife of Swedish Ambassador Urban Ahlin and Marianne Fredriksen, wife of Norwegian Ambassador Jon Fredriksen. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 2. Members of the Head of Missions Spouses Association (HOMSA) participated in the “Sharing Hope Wishes 2021” project that raised money for Caldwell Family Centre. From left: Piret Lukk gives a candle as a present to Olga Kamaldinova, wife of Kazakh Ambassador Akylbek Kamaldinov. Kamaldinova gave a donation for Caldwell Family Centre. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 3. Piret Lukk baked a strawberry cottage cheesecake and presented it as a contribution to iPolitics’ holiday magazine for the “diplomats’ favourite holiday recipes” section. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 4. Ernest L. Szelepcsenyi, a 1956 Hungarian Revolution veteran, attended a Hungarian flag-raising ceremony at City Hall and shared his memories at a virtual commemoration of the Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight in 1956, presented by the Hungarian Embassy. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 5. To mark the national day of Hungary and commemorate the Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight of 1956, Ambassador Maria Eva Vass-Salazar held a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall. She’s shown with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 6. Kenyan High Commissioner John Lepi Lanyasunya celebrated Kenya’s independence day virtually. Here the ambassador stands in front of the national flag. (Photo: Ülle Baum)

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1. A flag-raising ceremony on the occasion of Latvia’s 102nd anniversary took place at Ottawa City Hall. From left: Robert R. A. Fry, director-general of the Bureau of European Affairs at Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, Latvian Ambassador Karlis Eihenbaums, Lithuanian Ambassador Darius Skusevicius, Col. Agris Ozolins, Latvia’s defence, military, naval and air attaché, and Estonian Ambassador Toomas Lukk. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 2. Members of the diplomatic community and Latvian diaspora attended the Latvian flag-raising ceremony. Jim Watson, right, delivers remarks while the ambassador looks on. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 3. An inauguration of the first diplomatic Paraguayan Library in Canada took place at the embassy. Paraguayan Ambassador Martinez Valinotti, shown here, received book donations from Mayelinne De Lara, director of the International Public Diplomacy Council in The Hague. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 4. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only 100 invited guests attended the Remembrance Day celebration in Ottawa and the wreaths left on behalf of the large diplomatic community in Ottawa were placed a day before at the National War Memorial. This wreath from the Embassy of Estonia was among them. (Photo: Ülle Baum) 5. Latvian Ambassador Karlis Eihenbaums and Col. Agris Ozolins, Latvia’s defence, military, naval and air attaché, pay their respects at the National War Memorial. (Photo: Ülle Baum)

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