When her husband, the Ukrainian President Wolodyymyr Senskyj, left after a visit to Vienna to participate in the G7 top, his wife Olena Senska remained. She will participate in a “First Lady workshop” in the Federal Capital on Wednesday.
When Senskyj was a guest in Vienna a few days ago, he was accompanied by his wife Olena. But while the presidential husband flew to Canada to come to the G7 top on time, she stayed in the DanubeTropolis. She still had her own top in Vienna, which was very important for her.
In the Hofburg she met a few counterparts on a first Lady’s Meeting-Among other things Suzanne Innes Stubb, wife of the Finnish president, Ales Musar, husband of Slovenian president Nataa Pircecia Peinando, first Lady Guatemalas. Doris Schmiedinger, wife of Alexander van der Bellen, acted as co-host.
Senska preferred to be active behind the scenes
Because the side of a state of the state is always in the spotlight: First Lady or First Gentleman is a task without a job description in which you do not have specific tasks or specific obligations and you can choose your scope relatively free – but you must always continue with many diplomatic skills.
Senska never really wanted this job-the 47-year-old there was preference to be behind the scenes in her earlier job as a comic author. In the meantime, she has come to terms with the role and is also a great support in public.
Schmidauer and Senska opened the event together with Minister of Foreign Affairs Beate Meinl-Reisinger in the morning. The former Slovak president Zuzana čaputová was also invited as a speaker, in a panel about geopolitical developments in the afternoon. In three other sessions, the role of women for peace and safety, the protocol and public diplomacy and soft power must be discussed.
Also at the top of First Ladies and gentlemen, Armanda Begaj (Albania), Anna Hakobyan (Armenia), Sirje Karis (Estonia), Lucecia Villanueva (Guatemala) and Tamara Vučić (Serbien) were. They exchanged how their respective roles are defined in their own country, what resources they have and what obstacles there are for their work. The director of the Diplomatic Academy, Emil Brix, or Ursula Gamauf-Berhardt, the president of the Summer Academy of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSD), were planned as the teacher.
The first Ladies and Gentlemen -top has been taking place since 2021 in the initiative of Senska, in Kiev and as an online event. Schmidauer sent a video message during such a meeting in September 2014. The top took place for the first time outside the Ukrainian capital.
Source: Krone
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