President Marty Markowitz, President of the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, presents a citation and a model of the Brooklyn Bridge to Arnold Foote, President of the World Federation of Consuls.

The idea of a united Europe emerged from the ruins of two world wars. Then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman conceived the European Coal and Steel Community, premised on the firm belief that binding states together in the production of coal and steel…

I am humbled and deeply appreciative that H. E. The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Ivica Dačić, has discerned the importance of this occasion and taken the time to add his presence to declare our 1st South East Europe Regional Consular Conference officially open.