Africa Day took place at the Château Laurier hotel. From left: Zimbabwean Ambassador Florence Chideya and South African High Commissioner Sibongiseni Dlamini-Mntambo. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
At the Africa Day celebration, heads of mission also marked the 55th anniversary of African Unity. Ambassadors and high commissioners were joined in a group photo by MPs and International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (centre), who represented the government of Canada. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
The Japanese embassy and Global Affairs Canada hosted a reception for the 90th anniversary of Japan-Canada diplomatic relations. From left, Len Edwards, former Canadian ambassador to Japan, Japanese Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, Senator Jim Munson and Senator Victor Oh. Together they cracked open a barrel of sake. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
The embassy of Turkey marked International Children’s Day at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park. Shown here is a member of an Ottawa Turkish School’s dance group in the traditional costume of the Eastern Anatolian region. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
To mark the 207th anniversary of Paraguay’s independence, Ambassador Inés Martínez and her husband, Alfredo Cañete, hosted a reception at Ottawa City Hall. (Photo: Lois Siegel)
Colombian Ambassador Nicolas Lloreda Ricaurte spoke at the ambassador’s speaker series at Carleton University. From left: Lloreda Ricaurte and André Plourde, dean of Carleton’s public affairs faculty. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
Karima Eboo, wife of the Aga Khan Development Network’s resident representative, welcomed members of the Diplomatic Hospitality Group and International Women’s Club for a tour of the Global Centre for Pluralism and the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat. From left: Hala Elhusseiny Youssef (Egypt), Lerzan Unal (Turkey), Inara Eihenbauma (Latvia), Karima Eboo, Susan McKnee, Aynur Huseynli (Azerbaijan) and Irena Urbutyte-Pranckeviciene (Lithuania). (Photo: Ülle Baum)
The EU delegation hosted Europe Day at the Shaw Centre. Shown here are EU Ambassador Peteris Ustubs and his wife, Aina Anna Ustuba. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
Israeli Ambassador Nimrod Barkan, left, hosted a Music to Dine For dinner for the Friends of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He’s shown with Friends’ president, Albert Benoit. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
The Ottawa Diplomatic Association organized a ski day at Mont Cascades. Saudi Ambassador Naif Bandir A. Alsudairy ( left ) and Slovenian Ambassador Marjam Cencen took part. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
More than 18,000 attended the Ottawa Travel and Vacation Show. From left: Zsuzsanna Sarmon, regional head of business development for North America’s Hungarian Tourism Agency, and Halina Player, president of Player Expositions International. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
A delegation headed by Baimawangdui, deputy to the People’s Congress of Tibet Autonomous Region, came to Ottawa. From left, Pubudunzhu, mayor of Shannan City; David Dyment, past president of the Canadian International Council’s National Capital Branch; and Baimawangdui. (Tibetans go by one name only.) (Photo: Ulle Baum)
The Parliamentary Centre celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Sir John A. Macdonald building. MP Scott Brison, left, Alassane Bala Sakandé, speaker of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso, and his wife, Sakandé Kabore, centre, attended. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
To mark the 65th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice, the office of Senator Yonah Martin and the Korean and Turkish embassies co-hosted a screening of the film Ayla on Parliament Hill. From left, Korean Ambassador Maengho Shin, film producer Pia Pinar Ercan; Martin and Turkish Ambassador Selcuk Unal attended. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
Chief of Protocol Roy Norton, left, and Russian Ambassador Alexander Darchiev took part in Victory Day celebrations at the Russian Embassy. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde were in Canada for a state visit to Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. They signed the guest book at the National War Museum. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
On the occasion of Norway’s national day, Norwegian Ambassador Anne Ovind and her husband, Tom, hosted a garden reception at their residence. From left: Peter Boehm, deputy minister of foreign affairs, and Ovind. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
A policy panel titled “Women in international trade: Driving economic empowerment and growth” took place at German Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser’s residence. From left: Maureen Boyd, director of the Carleton Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engagement, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, parliamentary secretary for international affairs and Sparwasser. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
The Ottawa Service Attachés Association organized an international cuisine night at Sala San Marco Conference Centre. From left, Alina Ureche (Romania), Yu Wang (China), her husband, Chinese defence attaché Senior Col. Zhu Haitao and Romanian defence attaché Florin Ureche. Alina and Florin Ureche’s two daughters, Ruxandra and Ecaterina, are wearing traditional Romanian costumes. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
Polish Ambassador Andrzej Kurnicki (left) and Agata Wrzol-Kurnicka hosted a reception and concert for Poland’s National Day and the 227th anniversary of the constitution at the Canadian Museum of History. Pianist Szymon Nehring performed. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
Hungarian Ambassador Bálint Ódor hosted a chamber music concert for the Friends of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Jeremy Mastrangelo, violin, Fédéric Lacroix, piano, and Julia MacLaine performed music by Felix Mendelssohn and Béla Bartók. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
Shown at the same event are Hungarian Ambassador Bálint Ódor, right, and Friends’ president Albert Benoit. (Photo: Lois Siegel)
More than 40 embassies participated in this year’s tulip festival. From left, Jackie Bradley, visiting from Virginia; Henry Storgaard, chairman of the Canadian Tulip Festival; and U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
French Ambassador Kareen Rispal hosted a dinner in support of Women Deliver. The event, which raised $14,250, included a five-course meal. From left: Rispal, MP Andrew Leslie and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, wife of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
Pakistani High Commissioner Tariq Azim Khan, right, hosted a national day reception at the Château Laurier. He’s shown with Matthew G. Boyse, minister-counsellor, U.S. embassy. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
From left, Indian High Commissioner Vikas Swarup offered his residence to Michelin-star chef Peter Joseph, of London’s Tamarind Mayfair, and chef Joe Thottungal, of Ottawa’s Coconut Lagoon, for a culinary celebration of Commonwealth links. They’re shown with Bardish Chagger, minister of small business and tourism. (Photo: Suliman Chadirji)
Taiwan Night took place at the Château Laurier. Frank Lin, acting representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, and his wife, Lin Lee, hosted. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
Portuguese Ambassador José Fernando Moreira da Cunha and his wife, Lurdes, hosted a farewell reception at their residence. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
Senator Joseph Day received the Mongolian Presidential Friendship Medal for chairing the Canada-Mongolia Parliamentary Friendship Group. From left: Day and Bayanbat Bayasgalan, counsellor and chargé d’affaires. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
British High Commissioner Susan Le Jeune D’allegeershecque hosted a viewing party for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. (Photo: Sam Garcia)
The national capital branch of the Canadian International Council (CIC) hosted a talk by Bob Rae on the Rohingya crisis. From left: Paul Heinbecker, former Canadian ambassador to the UN; Margaret Huber, president of CIC’s national capital branch and former ambassador; Allan Rock, former Liberal minister of justice, health and industry, diplomat and president of the University of Ottawa; and Nadia Haim, PhD candidate at Carleton University. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas came to Canada on a working visit. He met with Gov. Gen. Julie Payette, shown here, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
A tasting of authentic cuisine by the embassies of seven ASEAN countries took place at the Ottawa Travel and Vacation Show. Among the participants were Brunei High Commissioner PG Kamal Bashah PG Ahmad, Indonesian Ambassador Teuku Faizasyah, Malaysian High Commissioner Aminahtun Karim Shaharudin, Myanmar Ambassador Kyaw Myo Htut, Philippines Ambassador Petronila Garcia, Thai chargé d’affaires Dao Vibulpanich and Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Duc Hoa. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
