Manuela Ruosi, the new Italian Ambassador to the Principality, was warmly welcomed at the Palais Princier de Monaco by Prince Albert II at the start of this week. Alongside the formalities of presenting her letters of credence, the Neapolitan diplomat enjoyed a serenade from the United States Sixth Fleet and an introduction to the Carabiniers du Prince de Monaco.
On Monday 16th September, Prince Albert received Italy’s new Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco at the Palace for a full day of activities and introductions.
The day began for Manuela Ruosi with a review of the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince de Monaco alongside Vincent Floreani, the Prince’s Chamberlain, before she was escorted to the Salon des Glaces for the formal presentation of her credentials to Prince Albert.
Also at the ceremony were: Yvette Lambin-Berti, Secretary of State; Christophe Steiner, Chief of Staff; Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; and Giuseppe Folino, Attaché in charge of Administrative, Consular and Social Affairs at the Italian Embassy in Monaco.
In the afternoon, the Prince invited the new Ambassador to join him on the Palace balcony to watch a special performance by the United States Sixth Fleet, held in the context of the Changing of the Guard.
Ruosi, who hails from Naples, has been in the diplomatic corps since 1992. She first served as Deputy Director at the General Directorate for Cultural Relations’ Section for Cultural Events Abroad, followed by a stint at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See as First Secretary in 2000.
In 2011, she was transferred to the Italian Embassy in Tunis, before being brought back to Italy to work as Head of Office at the Directorate General for the Promotion of the Country System, Section for Cultural and Multilateral Cooperation (UNESCO) and Archaeological Missions.
She has also held positions as Embassy Counsellor and Head of Office at the Diplomatic Protocol of the Italian Republic before taking on the Ambassadorship to Monaco.
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