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Czech Ambassador and Slovak Consul General Mark the 100th Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Agreement

  In commemoration of the Pittsburgh Agreement of 1918, which declared the intent to create an independent European state to be known as Czechoslovakia, the International Relations Council and the World Trade Center–Kansas City, together with the Czech and Slovak Club of Greater Kansas City, invite you to join us in welcoming to Kansas City …

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Volunteer Diplomats Introduce Kansas And Missouri To The World

Honorary consuls are essentially volunteer diplomats. “You’re representing the country and promoting the country when possible,” Lebert Shultz told KCUR’s Central Standard guest-host Brian Ellison. Shultz is the honorary consul of South Africa to Kansas and Missouri. Born in New York, he moved to the Midwest in 1960. After graduating from the University of Kansas …

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