♣ Hungarian Ambassador Peter Kveck and his wife gave a reception to mark the national day of Hungary at their residence in Zamalek. Among the guests were Ukraine Ambassador Yevhen Kyrylenko and his wife, French Ambassador Nicolas Galey, Uzbekistan Ambassador Oybek Usmanov Arifbekovich, South Korean Ambassador Yung-So Kim, Czech Ambassador Pavel Kafka, Lebanese Ambassador Khaled Ziyada and Palestinian Ambassador Barakat Al-Fara, together with Iraqi Ambassador Diaa Al-Dabbas; this, in addition to businessmen Ibrahim Kamel and Farid Al-Tobgi. On this occasion, Kveck delivered a speech where he stressed that democracy is the key to the success of any nation.