In this interview excerpt, Édouard Molitor, Luxembourg Ambassador to Vienna and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from 1978 to 1989, explains why Luxembourg decided to open a new Embassy in the Austrian city of Vienna in 1978. He also describes the practical arrangements involved in opening a new embassy, including finding premises and recruiting staff.

In this interview excerpt, Édouard Molitor, Luxembourg Ambassador to Vienna and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from 1978 to 1989, discusses how important it was for Luxembourg to be represented in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

In this interview excerpt, Édouard Molitor, Luxembourg Ambassador to Vienna and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from 1978 to 1989, describes the tenor of the talks on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions in Europe (MBFR) between the member countries of the Warsaw Pact and those of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

In this interview excerpt, Édouard Molitor, Luxembourg Ambassador to Vienna and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from 1978 to 1989, shares his thoughts on the positions taken by the various Austrian political leaders in the 1980s on the question of Austria’s potential accession to the European Communities.

In this interview excerpt, Édouard Molitor, Luxembourg Ambassador to Vienna and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from 1978 to 1989, discusses the consequences of the ‘Waldheim Affair’ on relations between Luxembourg and Austria. In 1986, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jacques F. Poos refused to congratulate Kurt Waldheim on his election as President of the Austrian Republic, preferring to wait for the results of investigations into Waldheim’s past in the Germany army during the Second World War.