The ambassadors were out in full force last week on Tuesday for the queen’s reception for the diplomatic corps at Christiansborg Palace. In total, there were 80 heads of mission invited and the attendance record was well over 90 percent
The heads of mission lined three walls of the palace’s Knights’ Hall waiting to be introduced to the queen
The heads of mission were presented to Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik …
and the Crown Prince Couple.
Among the members of the diplomatic corps not often seen in Copenhagen circles, often because they are based in one of the other Scandinavian capitals or new or relatively to the job, were Portuguese ambassador Rui Macieira,
Belarussian ambassador Alexander P Ostrovsky
Cypriot ambassador Maria Papakyriakou,
Venezuelan ambassador Aura Mahuampi Rodriquez de Oritz
Serbian ambassador Dragana Ivanovic (with her husband)
Niger’s ambassador Amadou Tcheko
Ghanian ambassador Edith Hazel
Ethiopian ambassador Woinshet Tadesse
Peruvian ambassador Jose Beraun Aranibar (with his wife)
Pakistani ambassador Masroor A Junejo (with his wife)
Croatian ambassador Frane Krnic (with his wife)
and Kuwaiti ambassador Ali Ibraheem Alnikhailan (with his wife)