H.E. Ms Pilar Armanet, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Chile to the Principality of Monaco hands over her letters of credence
In the late morning of Tuesday 15th April in the Prince’s Palace, the official ceremony took place in which H.E. Ms Pilar ARMANET, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Chile handed over her letters of credence to the Principality of Monaco.
H.E. Ms Pilar ARMANET was accompanied for the occasion by Mr Philippe RICHON, Honorary Consul of Chile 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 Pilar ARMANET was taken to the Hall of Mirrors by Colonel Luc FRINGANT, H.S.H. the Prince’s Chamberlain.
H.E. Ms Pilar ARMANET then handed over her 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.
Chile thus becomes the forty-first foreign power accredited to the Principality of Monaco.
Chile is one of the first countries in Latin America to have moved towards the study and evaluation of its resources as defined by the Kyoto Protocol, as well as the use of non-conventional renewable energy (NCRE).