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PH EMBASSY IN BRUSSELS MEETS WITH CHAMP CARGOSYSTEMS, CARGOLUX AIRLINES, AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUXEMBOURG

Philippine Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg Jaime Victor B. Ledda, together with other officials from the Philippine Embassy in Brussels, met with CHAMP Cargosystems CEO Chris McDermott and CFO Edward Kemp; Cargolux Airlines EVP/CFO Maxim Straus and Senior Manager for Government and Industry Relations Patrick Jeanne; and Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg CEO/Director-General Carlo Thelen in Luxembourg on 15 September 2023.

First Secretary and Consul Charles Andrei P. Macaspac, CHAMP Cargosystems Chief People Officer Agathe Domon, Commercial Counsellor Magnolia Misolas-Ashley, CHAMP Cargosystems Chief Executive Officer Chris McDermott, Ambassador Jaime Victor B. Ledda, and CHAMP Cargosystems Chief Financial Officer Edward Kemp met at the company’s headquarters in Luxembourg on 15 September 2023 to discuss CHAMP’s further operational expansion in the Philippines.

Luxembourgish company CHAMP Cargosystems has its largest overseas office in the Philippines, offering the most comprehensive range of integrated IT solutions in the air cargo industry.

Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg (CCL) CEO/Director-General Carlo Thelen, Ambassador Jaime Victor B. Ledda, and Cargolux Airlines Senior Manager for Government and Industry Relations Patrick Jeanne met at the headquarters of CCL on 15 September 2023.

Cargolux Airlines is Europe’s biggest all-cargo airline with a fleet of Boeing 747 freighters. The company has more than 85 offices in 50 countries. It won as “Best All Cargo Airlines” for four consecutive years as chosen by readers of trade magazine Air Cargo News.

The Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg marked its 180th anniversary in 2021. It is the official spokesperson for 90,000 companies representing 75% of salaried employment and 80% of the Grand Duchy’s GDP. The Chamber also organizes economic trade missions to selected countries.

PH EMBASSY IN BRUSSELS MEETS WITH COOPÉRATION HUMANITAIRE LUXEMBOURG AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

Philippine Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg Jaime Victor B. Ledda, together with other officials from the Philippine Embassy in Brussels, met with Atty. Francois Prum, President of the Luxembourgish NGO Coopération Humanitaire Luxembourg (CHL), and Ms. Véronique Dockendorf, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg, on 15 September 2023.

Commercial Counsellor Magnolia Misolas-Ashley, Coopération Humanitaire Luxembourg (CHL) President Francois Prum, Ambassador Jaime Victor B. Ledda, and First Secretary and Consul Charles Andrei P. Macaspac met at the CHL headquarters in Luxembourg on 15 September 2023 to discuss possible collaboration between the NGO and the Philippine government.

CHL has been working with CAMELEON Philippines since 2010 to provide shelter as well as psychosocial and legal support for girls who are victims of sexual abuse in Passi City, Iloilo and Silay City, Negros Occidental. The organization receives most of its funding from the government of Luxembourg.

Ambassador Jaime Victor B. Ledda presents the Bucket List Philippines coffee table book to Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Luxembourg Political Director Véronique Dockendorf during their meeting in Luxembourg on 15 September 2023.

The Philippine and Luxembourgish sides discussed issues of mutual significance, including economic cooperation, regional security, and people-to-people exchanges.

EMBASSY CONDUCTS CONSULAR OUTREACH IN LUXEMBOURG

The Philippine Embassy in Brussels conducted a consular outreach mission in Luxembourg on 16–17 September 2023.

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