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Czech ambassador in Croatia Petr Burianek said goodbye to representatives of the City of Rijeka, Primorsko-goranska County and the Czech Beseda Rijeka in Czech Home in Rijeka
Petr Burianek, the ambassador of the Czech Republic in Croatia, came to Rijeka on July 31 to say goodbye not only to Czech Beseda Rijeka members, but also to the City of Rijeka and the Primorsko-goranska County at the end of his term in Croatia. Czech Beseda Rijeka organized the ceremony in the unfinished building of the Czech Home in Rijeka.
President of the City Council Dorotea Pesic Bukovac, County vice-president Luka Denona, head of the County President office Branko Skrobonja and County human resources manager Mirjana Dvorny came to say farewell to the ambassador. Consuls Jindra Mala and Marta Niklova accompanied the ambassador. Mrs. Niklova recently became consul in the summer consulate of the Czech Republic in Rijeka.
Many members of Czech Beseda Rijeka prepared refreshments for the encounter. Some of them came back from their vacations and cottages because they had a good cooperation with Mr. Burianek and wanted to say goodbye and spend a few more pleasant moments with him.
President of Czech Beseda Rijeka Mrs. Fanika Husak remembered all the nice, friendly and successful business meetings with the ambassador, thanking him for the very successful cooperation, understanding and help Mr. Burianek gave us. Mr. Denona thanked Mr. Burianek on behalf of the Primorsko-goranska County for everything he did to foster cooperation between the County and the Czech Republic, and especially for the effort put into the construction of the Czech Home. "This building will serve not only to promote Czech culture and the pride of the lovely, industrious and competent people of Czech Beseda Rijeka, but also to the entire city and county," Mr. Denona said. Mrs. Dorotea Pesic Bukovac thanked the ambassador for successful cooperation with the City of Rijeka, pointing out that during his term the summer consulate in Rijeka was opened. At the same time she welcomed the new consul to Rijeka. "You helped us, the majority, to understand how to act and respect the minorities, while we at Rijeka are very proud of our relationship with minorities living in Rijeka, our multiculturalism, openness, and cooperativeness," Mrs. Bukovac emphasized.
In his final speech in Croatian, Mr. Burianek said only the best about the friendship and cooperation, about everything Czech minority is doing to preserve its identity while gaining respect, understanding and support from the city and the county. He thanked everyone who helped financially or morally to build the Czech Home, pleased with the fast progress of the construction. "It was a pleasure and an honor to work with the City of Rijeka, Primorsko-goranska County and the Czech people of Rijeka. I will never forget you and will always be happy to come back, even privately with my family," Mr. Burianek concluded.
Presents were exchanged, many nice words, promises of future encounters and cooperation. After refreshments, the parting was inevitable. Our guests didn't miss the chance to thoroughly inspect the building of the Czech Home. Again, they were pleased with the speed of the construction and the quality of the work done.
