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Sheriff Fiona Woolf, Mr Nicolas Woolf, the Ambassador of Kuwait and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Mr Khaled Al Duwaisan, The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of London Alderman Michael Bear, the Lady Mayoress Mrs Barbara Bear, the Foreign Secretary the Rt Hon William Hague, Mrs Rosermary Sermon and Sheriff Richard Sermon
Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet
2011 has been “a momentous” year with a confluence of events that could “change the course of history,” Foreign Secretary William Hague told assembled heads of mission and senior office bearers in the City of London at the annual Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet. The death of Osama bin Laden – a decade after the 9/11 atrocities – had delivered a blow terrorist networks, he said, while the Arab Spring could signal “the greatest advance for human rights and freedom since the end of the Cold War”. But the democratic movements in North Africa and the Middle East cannot achieve this on their own, he added: “It is time for our generation to offer its own hand of friendship to the people of the countries on the southern borders of Europe.” Echoing these sentiments, the Lord Mayor of London Alderman Michael Bear, a civil engineer, said bridges between nations are built through commerce and trade. He admitted it had been a “lean” year but added that the City, in cooperation with the UK government, was putting in stronger struts to support the commercial bridges of the future.
PHOTOS: CLIVE TOTMAN
Commerce builds bridges – The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of London Alderman Michael Bear
The Lord Mayor greets HH Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, the Ambassador of Morocco
Foreign Secretary William Hague gives his Easter Banquet address
Foreign Secretary William Hague mingles with the Commonwealth Secretary General Mr Kamlesh Sharma (left), the Ambassador of Honduras Mr Ivan Romero-Martinez and the Ambassador of Ecuador Ms Ana Alban
The Lord Mayor welcomes Madame Hu Pinghua and the Chinese Ambassador Mr Liu Xiaoming
The Lord Mayor welcomes the Ambassador of Brazil Mr Roberto Jaguaribe
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The Dean offers some opening remarks
The Lord Mayor greets the new Ambassador of Russia Mr Alexander Yakovenko.
The Lord Mayor welcomes the Ambassador of Yemen Mr Abdulla Ali Mohamed Al-Radhi
The Lord Mayor welcomes the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Antonio Mennini
The Lord Mayor greets the new Ambassador of Portugal Mr Joao de Vallera
The Lord Mayor of the City of London greets the High Commissioner for Cameroon Mr Nkwelle Ekaney
The Lord Mayor meets the Australian High Commissioner Mr John Dauth
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