Ian Biggs
@AusAmbVIE
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Ambassador to 🇦🇹, 🇧🇦, 🇭🇺, 🇸🇮 & 🇸🇰 and Australian Permanent Representative to the IAEA, UNODC, CTBTO, UNOOSA & OSCE.
Vienna, Austria
Joined April 2015
🇦🇺 Embassy Deputy Head of Mission Ms Ana Centilmen was honoured to attend the New Year’s Eve Meeting for the diplomatic corps hosted by H.E. Mr. Peter Pellegrini @PellegriniP_ , President of the Slovak Republic. 📸credit: @SlovakiaMFA 🇸🇰
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Pleasure to meet w/ the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and set in motion our plans to deepen 🇦🇺🇭🇺 trade and investment ties. Especially pleased to hear from Secretary General Ákos Csókay about a forthcoming visit by a 🇭🇺 business delegation to 🇦🇺 in 2025.
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What a great celebration in #Budapest! Delighted to mark Australia Day in 🇭🇺 and celebrate the breadth & warmth of 🇦🇺-🇭🇺 relations, with a special focus on our shared love of sports and the immense contribution of Hungarian immigrants to popularising football in Australia. ⚽️
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RT @SenatorWong: Australia wants a multilateral system that helps avert conflict, upholds international rules and norms and effectively tac…
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RT @rafaelmgrossi: Australia supports @IAEAorg work across the board and, as reiterated to 🇦🇺 Foreign Minister @SenatorWong today, I look f…
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RT @SenatorWong: With @UNODC Executive Director @GhadaFathiWaly I discussed our collaboration on transnational crime, narcotic drugs and co…
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Australia’s Foreign Minister @SenatorWong met 🇦🇹 Chancellor and Foreign Minister @a_schallenberg in Vienna to discuss geopolitical developments in Europe and the Indo-Pacific and the importance of countries’ working together to uphold internationally agreed rules and norms.
Warm welcome to Vienna, dear @SenatorWong! #Austria & #Australia are strategic partners at the multilateral stage and beyond. Shared interests and values bridge geographic distance. Discussed global issues and developments in the Indo-Pacific. 🇦🇹🤝🇦🇺
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RT @SenatorWong: I spoke to @rafaelmgrossi about the @iaeaorg’s work to address nuclear proliferation risks in Iran and nuclear safety foll…
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Great to share our commitment to gender equality with so many friends last night. Thanks to @Ghadafathiwaly for steadfast support & to the Philippines for collaboration in 2024. There is much work ahead to prioritise diversity, equity and inclusion across the multilateral system.
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Honoured to attend the traditional New Year’s reception hosted by the President of Hungary HE @DrTamasSulyok at the elegant Pesti Vigadó in Budapest last week. 📸Sándor Palace / Érdi Róbert
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Happy New Year! Frohes neues Jahr! Sretna Nova godina! Boldog új évet! Šťastný Nový rok! Srečno novo leto! 🎉🎆🥂 Here’s to a safe & happy 2025!
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Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas! Frohe Weihnachten! Sretan Božić! Boldog Karácsonyt! Veselé Vianoce! Vesel Božič! ✨🎄
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Project Lumina - a fine example of 🇦🇺 🇦🇹 cutting-edge #renewables collaboration: Austrian @CellCube producer of #vanadium flow batteries 🔋 is working with @AusVanadium to develop energy storage solutions at utility scale. #CriticalMinerals #NetZero 🔗
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The Dolphins @SwimmingAUS are amazing! 🇦🇺🐬 Deeply honoured to participate in the Gold Cap Presentation on the eve of the World Aquatics Swimming Championships in Budapest 🇭🇺. Wishing you the best of luck at the Competition at Budapest’s Duna Arena! 🏊♂️ 🎟️
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An insightful behind-the-scenes visit to the Herbarium at the @NHM_Wien, exploring the exquisite drawings of Australian flora and fauna made by 🇦🇹 Ferdinand Bauer during Matthew Flinders’ historic circumnavigation of Australia (1801–1803).🌱🌏
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Australia was privileged to bring an Indo-Pacific perspective to the important deliberations of the @OSCE Ministerial Council 🇲🇹 @OSCE24MT. #OSCEMC2024
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🎄Great evening at the Australian Charity Christmas Concert on 3 Dec! A joyous, music-filled celebration for a great cause. Huge thanks to the talented🇦🇺musicians for spreading festive cheer & to everyone who supported – proceeds go to Vinzirast. Humbled to join for two pieces!🎻
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RT @AusHCMalta: Today, I attended the 31st OSCE Ministerial Council with @AusAmbVIE. Australia thanks Malta for its leadership as 2024 Chai…
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Solidarity with Ukrainian 🇺🇦 Foreign Minister @andrii_sybiha at the @OSCE Ministerial Council in Malta today.
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Proud to take part in the UN Women’s Guild Charity Bazaar on Saturday! 🍰 Our stand featured soon-sold-out 🇦🇺 desserts, with all proceeds supporting children’s charities. 🌍💛 Thanks to everyone who stopped by—see you next year!
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