The head of the diplomatic mission, His Excellency, Hugues Goisbault, made a courtesy visit to CIAT on November 22, in response to an invitation from the new Head of the French Mission at CIAT, Isabelle Gaetan.

One of the topics discussed ws the role of the missions of member  countries at CIAT and the historical relationships of France and Spain with our organization.  The general impression was that this informal conversation, rich in teachings, should contribute to mutual exchanges and taking advantage of France’s chairmanship of the G20 this should result in a collaboration project among the participants.

The French delegation in this meeting consisted of the Ambassador of France, His Excellency, Hugues Goisbault; the Chancery’s Political Attaché, Pauline Charles Brunner; and the Head of the French Mission at CIAT, Isabelle Gaetan; on behalf of CIAT the participants were the Executive Secretary, Márcio F. Verdi, the Director of International Assistance and Cooperation, Socorro Velazquez, the Director of Studies and Training, Raquel Ayala, and the Head of the Spanish Mission at CIAT, Luis Cremades Ugarte.

During his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France, Mr. Hugues Goisbault, has been Consul General in Seville, Stuttgart and Toronto, Head of Protocol, Director of Communication and Consul General and Director of the « Maison de France » in Rio de Janeiro. He was appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Panama on February 9, 2010.  Ambassador Goisbault speaks English, German, Portuguese and Spanish.

His Excellency, Hugues Goisbault, head of the French diplomatic mission to Panama and Mr. Márcio F. Verdi, CIAT Executive Secretary.		From left to right: His Excellency Hugues Goisbault, Márcio F. Verdi, Isabelle Gaetan, Socorro Velazquez, Luis Cremades Ugarte, Raquel Ayala and Pauline Charles Brunner.