{"id":17741,"date":"2017-11-25T14:08:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T11:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=17741"},"modified":"2019-07-22T14:09:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:09:19","slug":"belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ambassador of Belgium to Kuwait H.E. Piet Heirbaut hosted a reception at his residence on Wednesday, 15 November in honor of King\u2019s Day. The Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs H.E. Waleed Al Khubaizi was the chief guest at the function with members of the diplomatic corps, Kuwaiti officials and media personnel in attendance. \u00a0Every 15 November since 1866, for over\u00a0<strong>148 years,<\/strong>\u00a0King\u2019s Day has been celebrated in honor of the Belgian monarch. 15 November marks the first day of the Feast of Saint Leopold in the German liturgical calendar, while it is the Feast of Saint Albert in the Roman Catholic Calendar.<\/p>\n\n<p>On the occasion of the celebration, Ambassador Heirbaut released the following statement, which read: \u201con the occasion of King\u2019s Day, to present my country to you. Most of you know Belgium as the land of fries and waffles, comic books and of course, high quality chocolate. Yet, my country has so much more in store. Belgium is in the top 3 of most Globalized countries in the world, according to the latest KOF index of Globalization. We are in fact the per capita biggest exporters in the world as 80 percent of our prosperity stems from selling products and services abroad. This has led to many success stories on a global scale, some of them in Kuwait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cLike the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Belgium attaches a lot of importance to peace and stability on a regional and global scale. Therefore my country is candidate for a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council and we hope to join Kuwait in the council from January 2019 onwards. The celebration of King\u2019s Day is the perfect occasion to bring our countries even closer together and I am looking forward to working with you in the next coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ambassador of Belgium to Kuwait H.E. Piet Heirbaut hosted a reception at his residence on Wednesday, 15 November in honor of King\u2019s Day. The Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs H.E. Waleed Al Khubaizi was the chief guest at the function with members of the diplomatic corps, Kuwaiti officials and media personnel in attendance. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[834,835,837,836,838],"class_list":["post-17741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomat","tag-belgian-ambassador","tag-belgian-ambassador-in-kuwait","tag-belgium-kings-day","tag-h-e-piet-heirbaut","tag-kingdom-of-belgium"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day - TimesKuwait<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day - TimesKuwait\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ambassador of Belgium to Kuwait H.E. Piet Heirbaut hosted a reception at his residence on Wednesday, 15 November in honor of King\u2019s Day. The Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs H.E. Waleed Al Khubaizi was the chief guest at the function with members of the diplomatic corps, Kuwaiti officials and media personnel in attendance. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TimesKuwait\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/timeskuwait\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-25T11:08:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-22T11:09:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/JOS_0423.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"475\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TimesAdmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@thetimesq8\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@thetimesq8\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TimesAdmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TimesAdmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70\"},\"headline\":\"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-25T11:08:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-22T11:09:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":324,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/JOS_0423.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Belgian Ambassador\",\"Belgian Ambassador in Kuwait\",\"Belgium King\u2019s Day\",\"H.E. Piet Heirbaut\",\"Kingdom of Belgium\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Diplomat\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/\",\"name\":\"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day - TimesKuwait\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/JOS_0423.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-25T11:08:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-22T11:09:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/JOS_0423.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/JOS_0423.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":475,\"caption\":\"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"TimesKuwait\",\"description\":\"Kuwait&#039;s Premier News Content Portal\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TimesKuwait\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/TimesLog.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/TimesLog.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":103,\"caption\":\"TimesKuwait\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/timeskuwait\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/thetimesq8\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/thetimeskuwait\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70\",\"name\":\"TimesAdmin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/timesadmin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day - TimesKuwait","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day - TimesKuwait","og_description":"The Ambassador of Belgium to Kuwait H.E. Piet Heirbaut hosted a reception at his residence on Wednesday, 15 November in honor of King\u2019s Day. The Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs H.E. Waleed Al Khubaizi was the chief guest at the function with members of the diplomatic corps, Kuwaiti officials and media personnel in attendance. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/","og_site_name":"TimesKuwait","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/timeskuwait","article_published_time":"2017-11-25T11:08:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-22T11:09:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":475,"url":"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/JOS_0423.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"TimesAdmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@thetimesq8","twitter_site":"@thetimesq8","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TimesAdmin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/"},"author":{"name":"TimesAdmin","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70"},"headline":"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day","datePublished":"2017-11-25T11:08:47+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-22T11:09:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/"},"wordCount":324,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/JOS_0423.jpg","keywords":["Belgian Ambassador","Belgian Ambassador in Kuwait","Belgium King\u2019s Day","H.E. Piet Heirbaut","Kingdom of Belgium"],"articleSection":["Diplomat"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/","name":"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day - TimesKuwait","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/JOS_0423.jpg","datePublished":"2017-11-25T11:08:47+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-22T11:09:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/JOS_0423.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/JOS_0423.jpg","width":700,"height":475,"caption":"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/belgian-ambassador-hosts-reception-on-kings-day\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Belgian Ambassador hosts reception on King\u2019s Day"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/","name":"TimesKuwait","description":"Kuwait&#039;s Premier News Content Portal","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#organization","name":"TimesKuwait","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TimesLog.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TimesLog.jpg","width":300,"height":103,"caption":"TimesKuwait"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/timeskuwait","https:\/\/x.com\/thetimesq8","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thetimeskuwait\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70","name":"TimesAdmin","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/author\/timesadmin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}