The President of the Consular Corps of Warsaw, the Consul of Lebanon, Mr. Kabalan Frangieh invited the Consuls and Honorary Consuls in Warsaw to a dinner in the restaurant Villa Nuova on the 21th of April 2008.

The Guest of honour for this evening was the Executive Director of Frontex Mr. Ilkka Laitinen accompanied by Mr. Rick Weijermans, the External Relation Officer of Frontex. Among the participants was Mr. Soufiane Adjali, senior UNHCR liaison officer to Frontex.

33 Consuls attended the meeting which started by an opening speech of Mr. Frangieh in which he welcomed the participants and introduced the speaker Mr. Laitinen, who is heading one of the most important EU agencies.

In his address to the Consular Corps, Mr. Laitinen explained the work of Frontex, its objective and mission. He spoke about the relation of Frontex with EU member states and non EU member states and its role as an independent EU agency in assisting states in the monitoring of their borders.

Mr. Laitinen then answered few questions from the participants.

Below are some photos taken during the dinner.