What is Cultural Diplomacy to you?

By Joy Hyvarinen, Executive Director, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development

“I would certainly say that the negotiations within the United Nations on environmental issues provide examples of Cultural Diplomacy, considering that they are opportunities for people from very different cultures and starting points to agree on joint ways forward. There are many opportunities in which people really realize that it is better to cooperate and to collaborate than not to”.

Cultural Diplomacy greatest moments in photos

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and French President Emmanuel Macron during the Football World Cup Games 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping offers "Panda Diplomacy” to German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Koala bear Diplomacy between Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Prime Minister Narendra Modi uniting his people through yoga and sports

The Winter Olympics and the two Koreas: how sport diplomacy could save the world

Russian President Vladimir Putin, a dog lover, received a top breed puppy as a belated birthday gift from Turkmenistan’s president

Cowboy Ranch "Rancho del Cielo" uniting President Ronald Reagan and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev

Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States, dancing with Queen Elizabeth II at the ball at the White House

Louis Armstrong Playing in Egypt in 1961

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and founding father of the People's Republic of China, Mao Tse-tung

What is Cultural Diplomacy to you?

By Joy Hyvarinen, Executive Director, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development

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