Romania | Unity Day
Ambassador Mihalache gives his Unity Day address. Inset: The Romanian Unity Day feast
The Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps Mr Alistair Harrison congratulates Ambassador Mihalache
The High Commissioner for Cyprus Mr Euripides Evriviades, the Ambassador of Georgia Mrs Tamar Beruchashvili, the Ambassador of Kuwait and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Mr Khaled Al Duwaisan and the UAE Ambassador Mr Sulaiman Almazroui
Heads of Mission from Spain, Cyprus, Cote d’Ivoire, Austria, Kuwait and the UAE crowd around Ambassador Mihalache to congratulate him
Heads of Mission from Cyprus, Bulgaria and Spain with Ambassador Mihalache
Guests showing their appreciation
Ambassador Mihalache and Deputy Ambassador Cosmin Onisii welcome the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP
Croatian Ambassador Dr Ivan Grdešić congratulates Ambassador Mihalache
Ambassador Mihalache welcomes the Slovak Ambassador Dr L’ubomír Rehák
Ambassador Mihalache greets the Ambassador of Macedonia Prof Jovan Donev
Graham Perolis OBE (Hospices of Hope), the Ambassador of Bosnia Herzegovina Mr Branko Neskovic and Serbian Deputy Ambassador Nebojsa Radojicic
Polish Ambassador Prof Arkady Rzegocki and the Ambassador of Ukraine Ms Natalia Galibarenko
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Speaking at his first Unity Day celebration in London, recently arrived Romanian Ambassador Dan Mihalache said he felt “quite emotional”.
Reflecting on the upcoming Centenary of the modern state of Romania in 2018, he said his country’s history was “complicated” but that he and his countrymen should “never forget” the painful social memory of holocaust, tyranny and totalitarianism in order to value the precious freedoms Romanians now enjoy.
He added that no Romanian wanted to return to the dark days of travel bans. “All of us must fight to preserve what freedom is, freedom of movement, to choose a workplace.”
He added that Romania and Britain had good cooperation in many areas “and we want this excellent relationship to continue with or without Brexit”.
PHOTOS: PIERRE DE VILLIERS