Peter Kormuth

Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the Kingdom of Belgium and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

Working lunch of #V4 countries hosted by the #CEO of @kbc_group Mr. Johan Thijs, where we discussed an activities of #KBC in the bank industry in the Central Europe and its potential expand. The meeting took place in the historical building at the Grand Place in Brussels🏛️

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

Handing in the diplomatic ID to the new Slovak honorary consul for Luxembourg, Mr. Giancarlo d´Elia 🇱🇺🇸🇰

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

The Belgian Minister of the Interior @AnneliesVl was a special guest at the V4 lunch🇧🇪 Hosted at the residence of Hungary in Brussels, the talk concentrated on Belgian domestic affairs and the collaboration with the countries of #V4

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

Slovak diplomacy has lost one of the founding leaders, Mr. Eduard Kukan🕯

[Slovakia MFA 🇸🇰 @SlovakiaMFA]

Former 🇸🇰 FM Eduard Kukan (†82) passed away today. Serving in demanding times, he dedicated his life to building Slovak Foreign Service. His crucial decisions enabled our accession to EU&NATO. Without him the story of #Slovakia could have been significantly different. Thank You.

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

Community meeting of the EU bilateral ambassadors to Belgium, organised by the #PFUE, in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs @sophie_wilmes 📸 The main topics discussed were strategic autonomy, rule of law and energy independence.

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

The Slovak passport has improved by one position in the year-on-year comparison to the 9th place🇸🇰�� Slovaks can travel to 182 countries without needing a visa🌎
https://t.co/9e2Va4DGP3

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

W/ the rector of @KU_Leuven @LucSels about the strategic cooperation w/Central EU universities in the field of science and research🧑‍🎓@KU_Leuven is the 3rd university in the world in the number of granted patents for innovations and the 2nd largest employer in BE w/ 16 faculties

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

Discussing the political situation in #Belgium, COVID crisis and the #BE Presidency of the EU in 2024🇧🇪 w/ Peter Moors, Chief of the cabinet of #PM @alexanderdecroo and w/ my #V4 Ambassador colleagues 🤝

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

Thanks to SK General Honorary Consul Gunnar Riebs, who hosted a special encounter w/ the Deputy Foreign Minister @martin_klus in #Antwerpen🤝 The talks focused on economic and cultural collaboration between🇸🇰and 🇧🇪 Pictures from the Antwerp cathedral and Mr. Riebs's office⛪️

[Martin Klus 🔎 @martin_klus]

Glad to be in #Belgium 🇧🇪 again. Day before 1st #GAC meeting 🇪🇺 in 2022 led by #PFUE2022 🇫🇷 (My doorstep 📹 is here: https://t.co/G25iPo9ebm), I visited the beautiful city of Antwerp & meet w/ the Honorary Consul of Slovakia 🇸🇰, experienced diplomat Mr. Gunnar Riebs. 🤝 Thanks.

[Tamás Iván KOVÁCS (Amb.) 🇭🇺🇪🇺 @tamasivankovacs]

Fascinating discussion on #Belgian, #Flemish & #Antwerp politics, the #V4 & the #EU, incl. #security, #migration, #energy & #climate with @DeKamerBE @de_NVA MP @MichaelFreilich under the #Hungarian @V4_PRES with my #Visegrad #Ambassador colleagues & @EpsteinAri ⚫️🟡🇧🇪 🇭🇺🇸🇰🇨🇿🇵🇱

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

Open discussion about the asylum reform, migration issues and the way of better protection of the EU's external borders wi/ the #Belgian State Secretary for Asylum and Migration @SammyMahdi and #V4 #ambassadors 🇸🇰🇨🇿🇵🇱🇭🇺🇧🇪🤝

[Tamás Iván KOVÁCS (Amb.) 🇭🇺🇪🇺 @tamasivankovacs]

I was very pleased to welcome our new #V4 colleague, H.E. Rafał Siemianowski, the new Ambassador of #Poland @PLinBelgium and hosting the newly complete #Visegrad #Ambassadors’ Group talking about the objectives & #BXL program of the current #Hungarian @V4_PRES #V4HUPRES 🇭🇺🇸🇰🇨🇿🇵🇱

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

Discussion on the current state of tourism with a successful Belgian tourism entrepreneur in #Slovakia, Gerdi Vanfleteren 🇧🇪🇸🇰 We agreed that it is necessary to promote Slovakia more in the #BENELUX countries 🤝

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

Professor from the University of Akureyri in #Iceland🇮🇸Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson came to discuss the position of #Slovakia in the Visegrad Group #V4 to get more information for his new publication

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

🎥 #Slovak movie TENDERNESS, directed by our famous director Martin Šulík, was a part of the International film festival Regained freedom in Brussels, organised by the @Liszt_Inst_Bxl

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

#V4 Ambassadors w/ the Belgian Deputy PM @pdsutter 🇸🇰🇨🇿🇵🇱🇭🇺🇧🇪 discussing the introduction of the 5G network📡 The Belgian government recently launched a new information portal https://t.co/3L1ArD2fFX to provide the latest scientific knowledge and to eliminate disinformation.

[Věra Jourová @VeraJourova]

It was my pleasure to meet with Ambassadors Pavel Klucký 🇨🇿, @AndreasSumper 🇦🇹 and Peter Kormúth 🇸🇰 in this Slavkov format. We discussed 🇪🇺 topics of common interest such as #RuleOfLaw, tackling #disinformation, #DigitalServicesAct and #MediaFreedomAct. @CzechMFA

[Peter Kormuth @peter_kormuth]

Working lunch of ambassadors of the #SlavkovFormat countries #S3 🇸🇰🇨🇿🇦🇹 w/ the analyst of the @EgmontInstitute François Roux🇧🇪. The main topic of the discussion was the Conference on the Future of Europe 🇪🇺

[Anne Calteux @AnneCalteux]

J’ai reçu S.E.M. @peter_kormuth, Ambassadeur de la Slovaquie au Luxembourg avec l’évolution de la crise sanitaire, la transition climatique et le rôle de la jeunesse dans l’Europe à l’ordre du jour. Et des idées pour des projets européens communs. #GoodIdeaSlovakia