The Fijian President has commended the Fiji Mission in Geneva for strengthening Fiji’s relations since it established office this year.
He urged Fiji's first Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan and the staff at the mission to always look at a ways of expanding Fiji’s relations not only with other international organisations based there but also with other nations including the Swiss Government.
He made the comments during his first ever visit to the embassy which was opened in June this year by Prime Minister Rear Admiral Voreqe Bainimarama.
"The hard work starts now but I have no doubt in your capabilities that you will make Fiji proud," he told the staff during his visit there including two interns.
A former diplomat himself, Ratu Epeli reiterated Fiji's foreign policy of being 'friends to all and enemy to none' and added that the embassy had big strides to make.
Ambassador Khan highlighted to the President that the diplomatic corps in Geneva has been very welcoming since the establishment of the mission.
"Fiji's record in peacekeeping has been widely acknowledged and we will build on that to other sectors and international treaties and policies in the best interests of Fiji and her people," Ambassador Khan said.
(Editors, photos from this event can be accessed at: http://goo.gl/GnJ45V and video can be accessed at http://goo.gl/1S4Z54 )
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