Poy Petklai Nihon

diplomatic spouse - former diplomat - crafty mom - world traveller

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Big garden party today in Dublin at the residence of Ambassador Nihon, to celebrate the Belgian National Day 🇧🇪Thanks @LordMayorDublin Daryl Barron and @JohnLahart TD for celebrating with us ! @OireachtasNews @BelgiumMFA

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Ambassador Nicolas Nihon and his wife Poy supporting the Belgian team at the 8 - Nations Cup of Ireland - the centenary year of this competition and the Aga Khan Trophy ! @TheRDS @equibel @MonarchieBe @teambelgium

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Tonight (1 am !) a great football match: Belgium vs USA. Tara, the Belgian Embassy dog is vouching for the @BelRedDevils ! @BelgiumMFA @BelgiumintheUSA @USEmbassyDublin

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Happy 250 Anniversary 🇺🇸 ! Thank you Ambassador Walsh for a wonderful party at your residence in Deerfield !

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Tara, the Belgian Embassy dog, invites you today to watch the soccer match at 9pm. Go Belgium ! #worldcup @BelgiumMFA

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Ambassador Nihon in the midst of the Pride in Dublin today together with its team. Lots of flags, a good vibe, and a handshake with the Taoiseach to celebrate diversity and LGBTIQ+ people in Ireland and Europe @MichealMartinTD @ILGAEurope @BelgiumMFA @dfatirl

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Belgium - New Zealand 5-1. «Told you so ! » says Tara, our Embassy dog.

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Important update from Tara our official Embassy dog! She's predicting an early morning win for our Belgian Red Devils in their crucial match against New Zealand 🤞😁#NZLBEL #FifaWorldCup2026 #belgiumreddevils @BelgiumMFA

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

What does the Belgian ambassador do on a long sunny weekend ? Uilleann piping of course ! Just kidding.

[RTÉ Sport @RTEsport]

World Football Day marked in Dublin #RTESoccer #RTESport

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

A bit of sport ! The embassy of Belgium and the embassy of Morocco invited the members of the Irish parlement and the ambassadors of the countries of the Francophonie to play a football match at the residence of Belgium. Scoreline at the end ! #FrancophonieFestival

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Nicolas Nihon and wife Pornprom delighted to exchange about diplomacy with students of ⁦⁦@tcddublin⁩ during the annual ambassadors’ ball organized by the Society of International Affairs

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Ambassador Nicolas Nihon offers his warm congratulations to the new President of Ireland Catherine Connolly and greets Tánaiste Foreign Minister Simon Harris in Dublin Castle @MonarchieBe @prevotmaxime @BelgiumMFA

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Today Ambassador Nicolas Nihon presented his credentials and the greetings of HM King Philippe to President Michael D. Higgins. Trade, energy, education and multilateralism lie at the heart of 🇧🇪🇮🇪 relations. Ní neart go cur le chéile! @BelgiumMFA @BelgiumDGB @MonarchieBe

[Belgium in Ireland @BEinIreland]

Our new Ambassador-designate is in town! The 🇧🇪 Embassy welcomes Mr. Nicolas Nihon, who landed today in Dublin with his family!

[🇧🇪 DG Multilateral Affairs @BelgiumDGM]

🇧🇪🇪🇺Belgian Presidency
6 months - 2 Working Groups (COTER & COMET) - 12 meetings – 3600 hours of preparation & consultations
The Counterterrorism Unit of the Belgian MFA did it ! A big thanks to all our global, 🇪🇺 and 🇧🇪 partners and all the best to the incoming 🇭🇺 Presidency

[🇧🇪 DG Multilateral Affairs @BelgiumDGM]

🇧🇪🇪🇺Belgian Presidency
Last COTER Working Group chaired by Ambassador Nihon focused on the terrorism threat stemming from Afghanistan🇦🇫 and its impact on Central Asia. Uzbekistan Special Envoy for Afghanistan Ismatullah Irgashev shared his insights with EU🇪🇺 Delegates.

[🇧🇪 DG Multilateral Affairs @BelgiumDGM]

🇧🇪🇪🇺Belgian Presidency
Today, Belgium🇧🇪 held an informal seminar with the EU and NATO about how we can engage with countries of Northern Africa to fight and prevent terrorism.
Allies and Member States shared their vision on the complementarity of their efforts.

[Belgium UN New York @BelgiumUN]

Successful briefing today by 🇧🇪 CT Ambassador Nicolas Nihon to the 🇺🇳 Counterterrorism Committee on the progress made by Belgium following @UN_CTED’s visit to evaluate our CT efforts.

🙏🏻 to the Chair 🇦🇪 & UN Security Council members for their high level of engagement & interest!

[Egmont Institute @EgmontInstitute]

The refusal of a binary logic opens a strategic space for third actors to step in and provide southeast Asian nations with alternatives #EU #SouthEastAsia @FFigiaconi @EgmontInstitute https://t.co/nX8fr9YUt8