H.E. Mr Tomasz Orlowski, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland to the Principality of Monaco hands over his letters of credence.
In the late morning of Thursday 10th April in the Prince’s Palace, the official ceremony took place in which H.E. Mr Tomasz Orlowski, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland handed over his letters of credence to the Principality of Monaco.
H.E. Mr Tomasz Orlowski was accompanied for the occasion by Mr Wojciech Janowski, Honorary Consul of Poland in Monaco. After being welcomed to the Royal Courtyard of the Palace by the Company of Carabinieri guard of honour under the orders of Colonel Yannick Bersihand, Senior Commander of the Police Force, Ambassador Tomasz Orlowski was taken to the Hall of Mirrors by Colonel Luc Fringant, H.S.H. the Prince’s Chamberlain. H.E. Mr Tomasz Orlowski then handed over his letters of credence to H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince, who was accompanied by Mr René Novella, Secretary of State, Mr Georges Lisimachio, Head of H.S.H. the Prince’s Cabinet and H.E. Mr Jean Pastorelli, Minister plenipotentiary and Government Counsellor for External Relations. Following the ceremony, H.S.H. the Prince held a private audience with the Ambassador in the Family Drawing Room.
Poland thus becomes the thirty-ninth foreign power accredited to the Principality of Monaco.
Poland has ratified the Kyoto Protocol and has set itself the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 6% by 2012.
From 1st to 12th December 2008, a Monegasque Delegation from the Office of International Cooperation and Development will visit Poznan on the occasion of the 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 4th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.