In a small ceremony at the Vatican, the Secretary of State, His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, presented commemorative stamp to H. E. Alexandra Valkenburg, Head of the EU Delegation to the Holy See. , and H.E. Michael Hans Werner Koch, representing Germany, the country holding the European Union Presidency in the Council at the time.  The stamp commemorates the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the European Union.

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See Also

• EEAS 10th Anniversary page
• Delegation of the European Union to the Holy See, Order of Malta, UN Organisations in Rome and to the Republic of San Marino