Ambassador Gabrič began her tenure at the helm of the Delegation of the European Union to Canada on 1 February, after serving as Ambassador of Slovenia to Canada since 2018. The appointment also comes on an important anniversary for Canada and the EU.

“I am deeply honoured to begin my mandate as the Head of the EU Delegation at a time when EU-Canada relations are closer than ever before. It has been 45 years since the EU opened its diplomatic representation in Canada. In this time span of almost half a century, the EU and Canada have developed a very close and strong partnership,” said Ambassador Gabrič.

“I feel fortunate to already have so many friends in Canada and to have already experienced the Canadian way of life; it has been a most rewarding experience and I look forward to this next chapter in Canada.”

 

2021 will be a busy year for the EU-Canada strategic partnership, with the next EU-Canada Leaders’ Summit expected to take place later this year in Brussels. It will be an occasion to advance cooperation in a wide range of areas, including tackling the pandemic as our top priority, as well as foreign and security policy, international trade and the trading system, climate change, the Arctic, and digital transformation.

Ambassador Gabrič is a Slovenian career diplomat who served as Ambassador of Slovenia to Canada, concurrently accredited as Ambassador of Slovenia to Cuba since 2018. Ambassador Gabrič holds a Ph.D in international relations and has extensive experience in both bilateral and multilateral international relations. Before coming to Canada, she was Director of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid in Slovenia. Prior to that, she served as Senior Advisor on Human Rights to two Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Ambassador Gabrič was Diplomatic Advisor to both the President and Prime Minister of Slovenia and occupied the post of the Slovenian Consul General in New York.

Since 2020, Ambassador Gabrič has had the honour of serving as Chairperson of the Women Heads of Diplomatic Missions in Ottawa.

About the Delegation of the European Union to Canada

Established in 1976, the Delegation of the European Union to Canada is a fully-fledged diplomatic mission and the natural contact point in Canada between the EU and the Canadian authorities. It also has a strong public diplomacy mandate designed to enhance the knowledge and understanding of the European Union as well as EU-Canada relations. The EU Delegation marks its 45th anniversary on 19 February 2021.

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