{"id":11048,"date":"2011-06-03T15:14:07","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T14:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/high-level-visitors-today-at-the-nato-defense-college\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:56:44","slug":"high-level-visitors-today-at-the-nato-defense-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/high-level-visitors-today-at-the-nato-defense-college\/","title":{"rendered":"High-level visitors today at the NATO Defense College"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/118_Hungarian_President_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"The President of the Republic of Hungary, Mr. P\u00e1l Schmitt, with NDC Commandant LtGen. Wolf-Dieter Loeser.\" \/><figcaption>The President of the Republic of Hungary, Mr. P\u00e1l Schmitt, with NDC Commandant LtGen. Wolf-Dieter Loeser.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">This morning, the NATO Defense College was honoured by the presence of the President of the Republic of Hungary, Mr. P\u00e1l Schmitt, warmly welcomed by <a href=\"\/fr\/about\/statement.php\/?icode=4\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NDC Commandant web page\">the Commandant Lieutenant General Wolf-Dieter Loeser<\/a> and the Director of Management of the College, <a href=\"\/fr\/about\/statement.php\/?icode=3\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NDC Director of Management web page\">Brigadier General Gy\u00f6rgy Juh\u00e1sz<\/a> (Senior Hungarian Representative).<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">President Schmitt delivered a most stimulating lecture to <a class='photo' href='\/images\/118_Hungarian_President_3a_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\" President Schmitt delivers a lecture to Senior Course 118 \">Senior Course 118<\/a>, followed by the closing remarks of Commandant Loeser and an <a class='photo' href='\/images\/118_Hungarian_President_5_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"Exchange of gifts between President Schmitt and LtGen Wolf-Dieter Loeser\">exchange of gifts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The President afterwards <a class='photo' href='\/images\/118_Hungarian_President_4_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"President Schmitt meeting with the Hungarian Community\">spent time with leading members<\/a> of the Hungarian Community,including the Ambassador to Italy, Mr Janos Balla, the Ambassador to the Vatican, Mr Gy\u00f6riv\u00e1nyi G\u00e1bor, and Brigadier General Juh\u00e1sz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">This was the first visit to the NATO Defense College by a <a class='photo' href='\/images\/118_Hungarian_President_2_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"President Schmitt  photo with the Hungarian Community at the NATO Defense College\">Hungarian President<\/a> and highlights the importance the College attaches to its cooperation with the Republic of Hungary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">In the late morning the College was honoured by the visit of another important political dignitary, the <a class='photo' href='\/images\/118_DMFA_Armenia_1_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\" Armenian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Arman Kirakossian with NDC Commandant LtGen. Wolf-Dieter Loeser.\">Armenian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/a>, Dr Arman Kirakossian. He gave a lecture entitled \u201cProblems of Regional Security and Cooperation in the South Caucasus: a view from Yerevan\u201d, attended by Senior Course 118.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The close cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and the NATO Defense College is clearly shown by the presence of Armenians on the Senior Course, with 14 participants attending since 1990.  <\/p>\n<p><em>LtCol. Mario Masdea, Chief Public Affairs and Protocol Officer, ITA-A<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic of Hungary, Mr. P\u00e1l Schmitt, with NDC Commandant LtGen. Wolf-Dieter Loeser. 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