Federal Council of the Republic of Austria

  • Mr Gregor HAMMERL, President
  • Ms Susanne BACHMANN, Secretary general
  • Mr Christian HÜTTERER, EU and International Services

Senate of the Kingdom of Belgium

  • Mr Danny PIETERS, Vice-president
  • Mr Georges BRION, Deputy Secretary general

The House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Mr Dragan COVIC, President
  • Mr Ognjen TADIC, Vice-President
  • Mr Marin VUKOJA, Secretary general
  • Ms Renata PASKALJ, Adviser
  • Mr Aleksandar SAVANOVIC, Adviser
  • Ms Senaida BESLAGIC, Secretary
  • Ms Dubravka ISTUK PAVLOVIC, Interpreter
  • Mr Muamer JAHIC, Driver

Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

  • Mr Milan STECH, President
  • Mr Jiri UKLEIN, Secretary general
  • Mr Lukas VACIK, Adviser to the President of the Senate
  • Mr Jiri KRBEC, Head of the International Relations Department
  • Ms Valerie CIPROVA, Head of Protocol
  • Mr Tomas OPOCENSKY, Interpreter
  • Ms Dalila GRAFOVA, Interpreter
  • Mr Martin HANZLIK, Security Officer

Senate of the French Republic

  • Mr Jean-Pierre BEL, President
  • Ms Bariza KHIARI, Vice-President
  • Mr Christian PONCELET, Senator
  • Mr Simon SUTOUR, Senator
  • Mr Alain DELCAMP, Secretary general
  • Mr Jean CABANNES, Head of the Foreign Affairs Department
  • Mr François CROQUETTE, Diplomatic Adviser to the President
  • M. François SICARD, Adviser of the EU standing committee

Federal Council (Bundesrat) of the Federal Republic of Germany

  • Ms Ute RETTLER, Deputy Secretary general
  • Mr Claus Dieter KOGGEL, Head of Department - Parliamentary Relations
  • Ms Silvia RATHNAU-PRENZEL, Interpreter
  • Ms Ingrid KIKEL, Interpreter
  • Ms Gabriele WENNEMER, Interpreter


Senate of the Italian Republic

  • Mr Vannino CHITI, Vice-president
  • Mr Fabio GARELLA, Vice Secretary General
  • Ms Alessandra LAI, Acting Head Foreign Affairs Department
  • Ms Micaela BERRETTI, Protocol Officier
  • Ms Angela SCARAMUZZI, Interpreter
  • Ms Laura MASSARELLI, Interpreter

Council of State of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg (Observer)

  • Ms Viviane ECKER, Vice-President
  • Mr Victor GILLEN, Vice-President
  • Mr Marc BESCH, Secretary general

First Chamber of the States General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

  • Mr Fred DE GRAAF, President
  • Mr Geert Jan HAMILTON, Secretary general

Senate of the Republic of Poland

  • Mr Bogdan BORUSEWICZ, President
  • Ms Ewa POLKOWSKA, Secretary general
  • Mr Leszek KIENIEWICZ, Director of the Office for International and European Union Affairs
  • Ms Urszula GEGNIEWICZ, Office for International and European Union Affairs
  • Mr Aleksander JAKIMOWICZ, Interpreter
  • Ms Beata BARSZCZEWSKA, Interpreter
  • Mr Miroslaw ZOLW, Security Officer

Senate of Romania

  • Mr Vasile BLAGA, President
  • Mr Marian ZLOTEA, Adviser to the President
  • Mr Radu COMSA, Adviser to the President
  • Mr Cristian TEODOR, Adviser to the President
  • Ms Anca CONSTANTIN, Adviser, Department of International Parliamentary Organisations
  • Ms Lilioara POPA, Interpreter
  • Mr Daniel ILCU, Security Officer

Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

  • Ms Valentina MATVIENKO, Chairperson of the Council of the Federation
  • Mr Valery LOSHCHININ, Political Adviser
  • Ms Natalia UDALOVA, Head of the Secretariat of the Chairperson
  • Mr Andrey BAKLANOV, Head of the International Department
  • Mr Vyacheslav KOLOTVIN, International Department Deputy Head
  • Mr Vsevolod SALOMATOV, Adviser of the International Department
  • MsNatalia FOMENKO, Head of the Press-service
  • Ms Tatiana SOLOPOVA, Press-service official
  • Ms Elena PINEGINA, Press-service official
  • Mr Aleksey DMITRIYEVSKY, Interpreter
  • Ms Violetta EVAROVSKAYA,Interpreter
  • Ms Elena POLYNTSEVA, Interpreter
  • Mr Vitaliy GASTEV, Press-service staff (cameraman)
  • Ms Natalia BOLSHAKOVA, Press-service staff (photographer)
  • Mr Alexey KORABLIN, Security officer
  • Mr Gennadiy GOLOV, Security officer
  • Mr Igor GOLOVACHOV, Security officer

National Council of the Republic of Slovenia

  • Mr Blaz KAVCIC, President
  • Ms Lilijana ZURMAN, Adviser
  • Mr Dusan STRUS, Adviser
  • Ms Zdenka SIMCIC, Protocol Officer


Senate of Spain

  • Mr Pío GARCIA-ESCUDERO, President
  • Mr Manuel CAVERO, Secretary general
  • Ms Cayetana HERNANDEZ, Director of the Cabinet of the President
  • Ms Maria LOPEZ, Director for International Relations
  • Ms Graciela LUSSO, Interpreter
  • Mr Miguel BRINES, Interpreter

Council of States of the Swiss Confederation

  • Mr Hans ALTHERR, President
  • Mr Philippe SCHWAB, Secretary general

House of Lords f the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Baroness Frances D'SOUZA, Lord-Speaker
  • Mr David BEAMISH, Clerk of the Parliaments (Secretary general)
  • Ms Zana PAUL, International Relations

SPECIAL GUEST - European Parliament

  • Mr Martin SCHULZ, President
  • Ms Estelle GÖGER, Adviser to the President
  • Mr Alain BARRAU, Director of the EP Information Office in
    Paris