Markus Leitner Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/markus-leitner/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:08:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://irannewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-iranlogo-32x32.png Markus Leitner Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/markus-leitner/ 32 32 Iranian Chess Grandmaster Plays Friendly Match with Swiss envoy https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/07/iranian-chess-grandmaster-plays-friendly-match-with-swiss-envoy/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/07/iranian-chess-grandmaster-plays-friendly-match-with-swiss-envoy/#respond Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:08:06 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=113915 TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian chess grandmaster Ehsan Qaem Maqam was invited to Swiss diplomatic mission in Tehran on the occasion of the World Chess Day (July 20) and played a “short friendly match” with Swiss ambassador to Iran Markus Leitner. Qaem Maqami, 37, is the record holder of the Iranian Chess Championship with 13 […]

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]]> TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian chess grandmaster Ehsan Qaem Maqam was invited to Swiss diplomatic mission in Tehran on the occasion of the World Chess Day (July 20) and played a “short friendly match” with Swiss ambassador to Iran Markus Leitner.

Qaem Maqami, 37, is the record holder of the Iranian Chess Championship with 13 titles. He won the title of the Iranian Chess Grandmaster in 2000.

He attended the Swiss mission in Tehran on July 19 and discussed the progress of chess in Iran, IRNA reported.

Switzerland is the host of the world chess federation, usually referred to by its French acronym FIDE, (Fédération Internationale des Échecs). The international body connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.

According to Qaem Maqami Ambassador Leitner had great information about Iranian chess players and positive views towards Iran’s sport.

The Swiss diplomat hailed Iranian talented chess players noting that they are well-known around the world and their performance is monitored by the international community.

In another development, the Swiss diplomatic mission in Tehran had earlier wrote in a Twitter message: “Why are Iranians, such excellent chess players? How is it to play for a Swiss chess club? What is a grandmaster’s next challenge? Fascinating conversation + a (short) friendly match on #WorldChessDay with Iranian chess grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami.”

International Chess Day is celebrated annually on July 20, the day the International Chess Federation was founded, in 1924. The idea to celebrate this day as the international chess day was proposed by UNESCO, and it has been celebrated as such since 1966 after it was established by FIDE.

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]]> https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/07/iranian-chess-grandmaster-plays-friendly-match-with-swiss-envoy/feed/ 0 Blue peace plan, an invitation from Swiss envoy https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/12/blue-peace-plan-an-invitation-from-swiss-envoy/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/12/blue-peace-plan-an-invitation-from-swiss-envoy/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:59:10 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=103458 TEHRAN (Iran News) – Markus Leitner, the Swiss Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran invited Iran for signing membership in the Management and Policymaking Council of the ‘Blue Peace’ Plan. Speaking in a meeting with the Deputy Ministry of Energy for Water and wastewater Affairs Ghasem Taghizadeh Khamesi, held at the venue of the […]

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TEHRAN (Iran News) – Markus Leitner, the Swiss Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran invited Iran for signing membership in the Management and Policymaking Council of the ‘Blue Peace’ Plan.

Speaking in a meeting with the Deputy Ministry of Energy for Water and wastewater Affairs Ghasem Taghizadeh Khamesi, held at the venue of the Ministry of Energy late on Mon., the Swiss envoy stated, “the ‘blue peace plan is a situation which was set up at the initiative taken by Switzerland in order to turn the issue of water from ‘conflict’ to ‘peace’ among the Middle Eastern regional countries.”

He invited the Islamic Republic of Iran, in addition to accepting membership in the policymaking and management council of this mechanism, to participate in this comprehensive plan.

For his part, Deputy Ministry of Energy for Water and Wastewater Affairs Ghasem Taghizadeh Khamesi pointed to the proposal of setting up a center for the regional cooperation of startup companies working in the field of water and wastewater and added, “due to its 3,000-year experience in the field of water concept, Islamic Republic of Iran can play a constructive role which is benefited from the most experienced manpower and relevant equipment.”

Since Iran enjoys high capabilities and capacities in this field, it can be useful for other regional countries in this field, he added.

Recently, a training and tutorial workshop of startups companies was held in cooperation with Iran National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company and Switzerland’s CEWAS Knowledge-based Company, based on which, proposal of setting up a center for the regional cooperation of startup companies in the field of water and wastewater was submitted with the aim of taking advantage of innovations and achievements of regional countries in the field of water and wastewater, he stated.

It is supposed that Switzerland’s CEWAS Knowledge-based Company will cooperate with Iran and then with other regional countries in a way that the Islamic Republic of Iran will be at the center-stage of implementation of this plan.

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