The Dominican Minister-Counselor to Uruguay, Dr. Eugenio Matos G. was recently recognized by the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa, in Canada, the International Public Diplomacy Council and the Deanship of the Diplomatic Corps of Canada, for succeeding in international relations and fostering Public Diplomacy overseas.
The distinction was made on the occasion of the inaugural ceremony of the 1st Canada’s Ambassador of the Year and Public Diplomacy Awards 2018 (First Ambassador of the Year of Canada and the Public Diplomacy Awards).
Dr. Matos is one amongst five heads of diplomatic missions that launched Diplomat Magazine in 2013 in The Hague, the very first diplomatic publication in the Netherlands´ history.
The very well attended event counted with the presence of Dr. Roy Norton, Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada (Global Affairs Canada), officials of the Federal Government, more than fifty foreign ambassadors accredited to Canada, representatives of international organizations, members of the Canadian Senate and the media.
One shall remember that in February 2017 Eugenio Matos received from the hands of the Dominican Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Rubén Darío Paulino Sem, the Recognition of Merit for his support in the modernization of military skydiving of the Dominican Air Force.
On the picture:
H.E. Florence Chideya, Ambassador of Zimbabwe and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps of Canada; Dean and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa Mr. Pierre Thibault and Mrs. Céline Lévesque handling the recognition to Dominican Minister-Counselor Dr. Eugenio Matos G.
