Book, India- EU Fifty years & more of Diplomatic Relations, Ten years plus of Strategic Partnership.
At the chancery of the Indian Missions based in Brussels and accredited to the European Union, the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, HE Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri, hosted a reception on Thursday, 26 January, for dignitaries hailing from the European institutions, Belgian and Luxembourgian authorities as well as highly standing members of the Indian community in Belgium and Luxembourg.
This year’s reception was unique because India and Belgium are celebrating 70 years of diplomatic ties in 2017. In fact, the only surviving daughter of the first Belgian ambassador to India, the late XI Prince de Ligne, Eugène II (in ambassadorship from 1947 to 1951) was in attendance, namely Dowager Archduchess Carl Ludwig of Austria, Princess Yolande de Ligne.
A photographic exhibition on ” 70 Years of India-Belgium Diplomatic Relations” was displayed during the event; it also included highlights of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
A special edition on ” India – Belgium & Luxembourg: 70 Years of Diplomatic Relations” and “India- EU Fifty years & more of Diplomatic Relations, Ten years plus of Strategic Partnership” were released on the occasion and presented to prominent guests. Soft copies can be downloaded from the embassy’s website.
Chief Guest at the annual parade held in honour of Republic Day in India was HH The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
For further information:
Missions of India to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg (HE Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri): www.indembassy.be
68th Republic Day Parade: https://www.youtube.
XI Prince de Ligne, Ambassador Eugène II de Ligne: https://en.wikipedia.
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Pictures by Missions of India in Brussels
