PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR GREETS THE POLISH PRESIDENT DURING HIS NEW YEAR MEETING WITH THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
Warsaw, 12 January 2023 – Philippine Ambassador Mrs. Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz, accompanied by her spouse Mr. Alejandro Ricardo D. Ruiz, attended the New Year Meeting hosted by Poland’s President H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda for the Heads of the Diplomatic Missions accredited to the Republic of Poland on 12 January 2023.
Ambassador Ruiz conveyed the Philippines’ warmest greetings and best wishes to Their Excellencies President Duda and First Lady Madame Agata Kornhauser-Duda during the occasion. She was also able to greet the Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Mr. Zbigniew Rau and to highlight the forthcoming celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Philippines-Poland Diplomatic Relations on 22 September 2023.
The New Year’s Meeting was the first one to be held since the pandemic began in March 2020. END
PHOTOS ABOVE AND BELOW LEFT: Philippine Ambassador to Poland Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz, accompanied by her spouse Alejandro Ricardo D. Ruiz, greets Poland’s President H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda and First Lady Madame Agata Kornhauser-Duda, at the start of the President’s New Year Meeting with the Diplomatic Corps on 12 January 2023
PHOTO ABOVE RIGHT: H.E. President Andrzej Duda, flanked by the First Lady and by top Polish officials, delivers his New Year Address to members of the Diplomatic Corps led by the Papal Nuncio/Dean of the Diplomatic Corps at the Presidential Residence on 12 January 2023.
Philippine Ambassador Mrs. Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz and her spouse Mr. Alejandro Ricardo Ruiz pose with H.E. President Andrzej Duda on the occasion of the President’s New Year Meeting with the Diplomatic Corps in Warsaw on 12 January 2023
Philippine Ambassador to Poland Mrs. Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz greets and chats with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland H.E. Mr. Zbigniew Rau during the President’s New Year Meeting with the Diplomatic Corps on 12 January 2023