The Consul General of India, Riva Ganguly Das and Consul General of Columbia and President of the Society of Foreign Consuls Maria Isabel Nieto, the hosts of the evening.

Consul General, Ambassador of Peru Maria Teresa Merino de Hart (Executive Committee), very proud of the delicious samples from her country.

We had the opportunity to taste all kinds of wines, spirits and beverages, courtesy of our participant countries.

Consul General of Algeria Sabria Boukadoum (Executive Committee) and Consul General of Portugal Manuela Bairos.

Consul General of Ukraine Igor Sybiga and Consul General of Estonia Eva-Maria Liimets

Consul of the Republic of Albania Najada Alliu-Sojli and Editor in Chief of “Votra” Magazine Mrs. Aferdita Delaj.

Consul General of Colombia and President of the Society of Foreign Consuls Maria Isabel Nieto, Consul General of Paraguay Ambassador Juan Alfredo Buffa Ramirez, Deputy Consul Fabiola Torres and the dancers from the Ballet Panambi Vera that made part of their cultural performance.

Deputy Consul of France Eric Bayer and Consul General of India Riva Ganguly Das

Dancers from the cultural performance of Georgia

From Kosovo: Consul Fatmir Zajmi, First Secretary Butrint Ymeri, Consul General of Kosovo Teuta Sahatqija and First Secretary Ines Demiri.

Consul General of Kosovo Teuta Sahatqija, Consul General of Colombia and President of the Society of Foreign Consuls Maria Isabel Nieto and Consul General of Kazakhstan Raushan Yesbulatova (Executive Committee) proudly showing us the drinks from her country.

Consul General of Georgia Diana Zhgenti (Executive Committee), Mark and Susan Dransfield

From Turkey: Deputy Consul General Serdar Özkan, Deputy Consul General Reyhan Özgür Deputy, Consul Ahmet Denk, Consul  Mehmet Erçıktı

Consul General of Turkey Ertan Yalçın (Executive Committee), Deputy Consul General of Colombia Raquel Garavito and Consul General of Kazakhstan Raushan Yesbulatova  (Executive Committee)

Dancers from the cultural performance of India

The people who worked hard so this event could be possible, the team from Colombia and India Juhi Tripathi and Priti Gill

Special gratefulness to the Brooklyn Borough for the Proclamation given to the Society of Foreign Consuls.

Vice President of the Brooklyn Borough Diana Reyna , Consul General of Colombia and President of the Society of Foreign Consuls Maria Isabel Nieto and the President of Manhattan Borough Gale Brewer.

Kuratsa, the beautiful dance that made part of Philippines cultural performance.

Maria Fernanda de la Torre from the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York and Executive Assistant of the President of the Society of Foreign Consuls Andres Calle.

Countess Francesca Braschi dancing with the colombian performer Ricardo Stevan

Dancers from the cultural performance of Kosovo.

Our Emcee of the evening, Executive Assistant to the Consul General of Georgia Vakhtang Gogsadze.

 Mr. Kyle Athayde State Outreach Coordinator from the Office of New Americans, the Consul General of Colombia and President of the Society of Foreign Consuls Maria Isabel Nieto, the Consul General of India Riva Ganguly Das and the Director of the Office of New Americans Laura Valeria Gonzalez-Murphy

The wonderful group of Consuls General that shared the evening with us.

 

Our guests and participants enjoying the evening and listening to the words of Vice President of the Brooklyn Borough Diana Reyna.