Association of Honorary Consuls General Assembly

H.E. Mr Serge Telle, Minister of State, and Mr Moustapha El-Solh, Honorary Consul of Lebanon, President of the AHCM © Manuel Vitali/Government Communication Department 

The Association of Honorary Consuls of Monaco (AHCM) held its General Assembly today. The event was attended by H.E. Mr Serge Telle, Minister of State, H.E. Mr Philippe Narmino, Secretary of Justice, Lieutenant-Colonel Laurent Soler, Chamberlain to H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince, Ms Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, representing the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the ambassadors of France, Italy and the Order of Malta, and numerous other personalities.

During the Assembly, Serge Telle was made an honorary member of the Association, along with
Mr Panayotis Touliatos, Mr Jacques Orecchia and Mr Laurent Wasteels, former honorary consuls and members of the AHCM.

The evening concluded with a speech by Ms Agnès Von Der Mühll, Deputy Director for International Law in the French Foreign Ministry’s Department of Legal Affairs, on the theme “The Vienna Convention: Diplomatic and Consular Rights and Obligations”.

The AHCM was established in 2003 at the behest of Prince Rainier III, with the aim of bringing together the foreign consular corps accredited to Monaco and facilitating the integration of new honorary consuls on their appointment to the Principality.

The Association currently has 80 honorary consul members. Its President is Mr Moustapha El-Solh, Honorary Consul of Lebanon.