Farewell evening
In the evening of 26 July, the Deputy Head of Mission of the Netherlands’ Embassy and President of the Diplomatic Economic Club, Mr. Cornelis J. Groeneveld, hosted a farewell reception Mr. Urs Buhler, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Switzerland, and his wife Jeanette, and for Mr. Daniel Grzenda, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of the UK, and his wife Christina.
Mr. Buehler will become the new Deputy Head of Mission of the Swiss Embassy in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia, while Mr. Grzenda will be returning to the Foreign Office in London.
Mr. Groeneveld thanked Mr. Buehler and Mr. Grzenda for their friendship and excellent co-operation and wished them lots of success and good fortune in their new assignments.
As per decision of the Board of the from the Diplomatic Economic Club, Mr. Buehler and Mr. Grzenda were awarded an honorary medal for their Outstanding Contribution to International Economic Relations and to the Relations among the Members of the Club. The Club also presented souvenirs to the diplomats to remember their time spent in Latvia.
Urs Buhler, Beat Buhrgi – new Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Switzerland with spouse, Andrey Iljin
Hening Simon and Uhrs Buhler
David Tomaszewski and Andrey Iljin
