February 11th, 2009 the Embassy of the Russian Federation
held a reception in honor of the Diplomatic Day.

February 11th, 2009 the Embassy of the Russian Federation held a reception in honor of the Diplomatic Day. The event was attended by the representatives of the diplomatic corps, Senate direction, deputies of the Mexican General Congress – members of the Russian-Mexican Friendship Group, officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, men of culture and science, compatriots living in the City of Mexico and in neighboring states and some Mexican journalists – all in all about 170 people.

The opening speech was presented by the Ambassador of Russia in Mexico Valery Morozov. He recounted about the important milestones in the history of Russian diplomatic office, its traditions and the most known representatives of our diplomacy who worked a lot for the welfare of our country. In light of this the Ambassador invited the guests to get acquainted with the exposition dedicated to the 100 years since the date of birth of the outstanding Russian diplomat Alexander Gromyko.

At the reception the guests obtained the new edition of the embassy’s information journal “Russia and Latin America” that contains materials on the visits of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the countries of the Latin-American region.

After the official part there was a concert of Russian musicians who live and work in Mexico and a tasting of the Russian cuisine.

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