Guest speech: Ambassador of Argentina, H.E. Eugenio Maria Curia

As the second in-house lecture for this semester, on the 22nd March 2012, the IMC Export had the honor to welcome H.E. Prof. Curia, Ambassador of Argentina to Austria and the Vienna-based IOs, for a guest speech.

After a warm welcome, Ambassador opened his absorbing speech in the historic Baroque hall, by briefly elaborating on the Argentine’s history, then on the economic, political, educational and cultural currents of this Latin American country. The eloquent and outspoken guest speaker, he himself a former university professor then continued with the Argentine’s role and positions in the main global and regional organizations, referring also to the polar issues and the territorial dispute with Britain over the Malvinas/Falklands archipelago.

The official part of this event was closed with a very lively Q&A session, family photo and the little cocktail – an opportunity for students to address further questions to H.E. Ambassador Curia in equally informative but rather informal setting.

The guest lecture of H.E. Prof. Dr. Curia was the 96th event, and the 6th in the so-called Latina American series, organized under the auspices of the Chairman Prof. Dr. Anis Bajrektarevic. The next in-house event will take place on the 10th of April, when Prof. Bajrektarevic is hosting H.E. Dr. Sandeep Chawla, Deputy Executive Director of the UN Vienna.

Text: Denise S. (A.B. – rev)
Photo: H. Maglock, Lisa P. Gawdy C.

Guest speech: Ambassador of Russia, H.E. Dr. Anwar Azimov

As the opening in-house lecture for this semester, on the 24th of February 2012, the IMC Export had the honor to welcome H.E. Dr. Anwar Azimov, Ambassador at Large of the Russian Federation, former Head of the Russian Mission to the OSCE Vienna, and the current chief Russian negotiator with the EU, for a guest speech.

After a warm welcome, H.E. Ambassador Azimov opened his absorbing speech in the historic Baroque hall, by briefly elaborating on the Russian economic (including energy), political, educational and cultural currents and the forthcoming Presidential elections in Russia. The eloquent and outspoken guest speaker, Dr. Azimov then continued with the Russia’s role and positions in the main global and regional organizations, referring also to the situation in the Middle East and the ongoing talks on visa-free regimes with the EU.

The official part of this event was closed with a very lively Q&A session, and the little cocktail – an opportunity for students to address further questions to H.E. Azimov in equally informative but more informal setting.

The guest lecture of H.E. Dr. Azimov was the 95th event, and the 5th in the so-called Eastern European series, organized under the auspices of the Chairman Prof. Dr. Anis Bajrektarevic. The next in-house event will take place on the 15th March 2012, when Prof. Bajrektarevic is hosting Ambassador of Switzerland to Austria.

Text: Mr. Bajrektarevic
Photo: H. Maglock