Central America | National Day

Embassy Network | 30th November 2017

Ambassador Romero- Martinez joins fellow heads of mission on stage for his independence day address

The Ambassador of El Salvador Elisabeth Hayek-Weinmann warmly greets Néstor Osorio Londoño, the Ambassador of Colombia

Julian Evans, (then) Director of FCO Protocol chats to Senegalese Ambassador Cheikh Ahmadou Dieng

Georgian Ambassador Tamar Beruchashvili and Carlos Abad Ortiz, the Ambassador of Ecuador

The Ambassador of Panama Daniel Fábrega, Baharak Moradi (IMO) and the High Commissioner of Cyprus Euripides Evriviades

Slovakian Ambassador L’ubomír Rehák, Mrs Dana Reháková and Austrian Ambassador Martin Eichtinger

The High Commissioner for Belize Perla Perdomo, Ambassador Ivan Romero-Martinez and the High Commissioner for Zambia Muyeba Shichapwa Chikonde

High Commissioner Perdomo, Ambassador Romero-Martinez, Mariana Damasceno and Brazilian Ambassador Eduardo dos Santos

Ambassador Al Duwaisan delivers an entertaining speech

Khaled Al Duwaisan, the Ambassador of Kuwait and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Alistair Harrison and Ambassador Romero Martinez toast Central America

Ambassador of the Dominican Republican Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo and Colombian Ambassador Néstor Osorio

Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Scotland with Mozambique High Commissioner Filipe Chidumo

Carlos Abad, the Ambassador of Ecuador, with the Ambassador of Chile Rolando Drago

Algerian Ambassador Amar Abba, Embassy Editor Elizabeth Stewart and Ambassador Khaled Al Duwaisan

The Magnificent Six
Over 1000 years of combined independence was celebrated in some style as six Central American countries joined forces for their annual combined National Day party. Guatemala, Honduras,
El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica marked 196 years of independence and Belize 36 years as heads of mission joined each other on stage to toast their sovereignty. “You have to believe in Central America and Belize – great countries without nuclear weapons who are open to everyone,” said Honduran Ambassador and Dean of the Latin American Corps, Ivan Romero-Martinez. “We have a great
commitment to working together for world peace, human rights, democracy and common wellbeing.” Alistair Harrison, Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, added: “This is a great example to all of us of regional cooperation that has been extremely successful.”

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