On the picture H. E. Vesela Mrden Korac and H. E. Ahmet Halilovic.
Ceremony of Merit for Ambassadors of Croatia and The Sudan.
The time has come to say goodbye to two dedicated and wonderful diplomats who leave behind them many great accomplishments and hundreds of friends.
Ambassadors H. E. Vesela Mrden Korac from Croatia and H. E. Mohamed Elhassan Ibrahim from The Sudan completed their ambassadorial terms in late June.
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Diplomat Magazine celebrated their successful time in The Netherlands by presenting them with a Certificate of Merit in a solemn ceremony attended by their respective spouses, colleagues, ambassadors, special friends and members of their staff.
After the national anthem of the Netherlands and the national anthem of Croatia, H. E. Ahmet Halilovic ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina took the floor to talk about Ambassador Mrden’s outstanding career, her exceptional performance in The Hague, and their personal friendship. Ambassador Mrden Korac received the Certificate of Merit accompanied by her husband Professor Marko Korac.
Her farewell words were dedicated to her colleagues, to The Hague’s international institutions including the ICC and OPCW in which she played a powerful role, to the Netherlands as a host country that made her professional and private life enjoyable, and also to Diplomat Magazine.
Her Excellency’s remarked that diplomatic life has changed in a positive way since the creation of the first diplomatic magazine of the Netherlands. She noted the value of the knowledge and availability of DM’s team to publish accurate information, promote the work of embassies and publish daily articles on the events and diplomats related to each mission. ‘’Ambassadors became stars with hundreds of pictures published in Diplomat Magazine as accurate proof of their performance’’, said Ambassador Mrden.
The audience stood up once again to listen to the national anthem of Sudan in tribute to His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Elhassan Ibrahim. During just two years in The Hague he made many friends, both among his colleagues and among the Dutch people.
His pleasant presence and eternal smile were ever-present in diplomatic meetings and events.
Ambassador Karim Ben Bécher from Tunisia talked at length about Ambassador’s Ibrahi’sm successful career and wished him a bright future back at the Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador Karim Ben Bécher said during his speech:
”It gives me a great pleasure this afternoon to say few words about our dear friend Ambassador Mohamed Elhassan, Ambassador of Sudan who is going to leave The Hague for another posting in Khartoum.
Ambassador Hassan, can boast a long and rich diplomatic career began in 1990, a solid legal profile and a good knowledge of the Hague where he was Deputy Chief of Mission from 1998 to 2002. His appointment as Ambassador this time in 2013 demonstrates its expertise and competence for the position of the Hague which combines bilateral and multilateral levels.
Ambassador Hassan,
Your rich diplomatic experience in positions in Africa, the Middle East and Europe allowed you to integrate quickly and easily into the diplomatic community here, despite your short stay.
Your sense of humor, your open and affable temperament allowed you to win in such a short time a lot of friends among whom I hope I can consider myself.
I greatly appreciated your curiosity and commitment to art, culture and especially the Arab poetry.
You had the great merit of reconciling your mission as Ambassador with your openness to the environment in which you live and succeeded in so short time to promote your country and to attract new investments there.
For all these reasons, I congratulate you and pay tribute to you, confirming the pleasure for having worked with you and hopefully, been your friend.
Ambassador Hassan,
On behalf of all our friends present here, I would like to wish you a lot of success in your new posting and I wish also all the best for your family.
Finally, I would like to thank The Diplomat magazine which organizes this ceremony to our colleague. The diplomatic community of The Hague values very much what your team is doing in this field”.
