Spain State Visits/Official Visits: General Discussion

[Mary-Rose]

Originally Posted by lula

The visit will be short. Sergio Mattarella will leave his post at the beginning of the year, and they have taken advantage of the fact that he is coming to Spain for the annual meeting of COTEC Europe, to make a short State Visit in Madrid. The COTEC event in Malaga is also expected to be attended by the President of Portugal.

Sounds similar like the south corea state visit, no big gala dinner or return dinner at the pardo?

[Blog Real]

Originally Posted by Mary-Rose

Sounds similar like the south corea state visit, no big gala dinner or return dinner at the pardo?

I hope Queen Letizia wears a tiara and is as normal a state visit as possible. I didn't like the protocol used on this visit.

[Mbruno]

Originally Posted by Blog Real

I hope Queen Letizia wears a tiara and is as normal a state visit as possible. I didn't like the protocol used on this visit.

I doubt it. Spain still takes Covid seriously.

TBH, I am surprised to see state dinners without social distancing and with unmasked guests back so soon. It looks reckless when WHO says that Europe is back at the epicenter of the Covid pandemic.

[lula]

With or without a tiara, they will continue to wear the mask.

[Blog Real]

Letizia will wear a tiara at the gala dinner, according to Vanitatis.
https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial...spues_3320769/

[Blog Real]

12/06/1993: King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia welcome Pope John Paul II. The Pope attended the International Eucharistic Congress in Seville.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHh34CmXFU

[Mbruno]

Originally Posted by Blog Real

Letizia will wear a tiara at the gala dinner, according to Vanitatis.
https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial...spues_3320769/

Will she wear a mask with a tiara, a sash, and a gala dress? That would be a first, I think, and an image to register for the posterity as being of historical significance.

[AnaC]

If there's a white tie dinner (and it's looking likely since Casa Real says they will host a gala dinner in honor of the Italian President and for the South Korean visit they hosted a "state dinner" ) they will wear a face mask while they greet their guests and pose for pictures before the dinner since masks in indoor spaces are compulsary in Spain (unless you're eating/drinking)

[Duc_et_Pair]

Originally Posted by AnaC

If there's a white tie dinner (and it's looking likely since Casa Real says they will host a gala dinner in honor of the Italian President and for the South Korean visit they hosted a "state dinner" ) they will wear a face mask while they greet their guests and pose for pictures before the dinner since masks in indoor spaces are compulsary in Spain (unless you're eating/drinking)

And what when the King and Queen greet their guests from a respectful distance (as was actually the use until WWII): standing on the dais and with a nod or bow?

[ANNIE_S]

Originally Posted by Duc_et_Pair

And what when the King and Queen greet their guests from a respectful distance (as was actually the use until WWII): standing on the dais and with a nod or bow?

Currently in Spain, safety distance only allows for no face mask use when outdoors. For indoor spaces, face masks are always compulsory (only can be removed while drinking or eating, obviously)

[ANNIE_S]

.Duplicated post

[Blog Real]

Vanitatis article on how state visits are organized in Spain.

https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial...iones_3127815/

[lula]

January 24 to 26. King Felipe will visit Puerto Rico for the Fifth Centennial of San Juan

https://www.efe.com/efe/usa/puerto-r...000110-4715405

January 27. King Felipe will attend the inauguration of Xiomara Castro, the new President of Honduras

https://www.elheraldo.hn/eleccionesh...denta-honduras

January 31. King Felipe and Queen Letizia will visit Austria to open a Dalí exhibition

https://www.krone.at/2593531
https://www.vol.at/spaniens-koenigsp...bellen/7258434
https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial...viena_3357279/

[Mary-Rose]

It would be interesting to know if any state visit´s planned for the next months. Wasn't it planned to host a state visit during the ARCO?

[Blog Real]

Is it possible that King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will make a state visit to Denmark and Norway later this year?

[lula]

According to the press, the visit of the President of Paraguay was scheduled for the beginning of the year, but at the moment there is no date.

ARCO used to have a guest country in each edition, but I think that in recent editions there has been no guest country.

The visit to Denmark it's a posibility, after the visits from the Netherlands and Belgium, and because the last visit was in 1980. To Norway it is less likely, because the last visit was in 2006.

The visit to the United States was announced with Trump and had to be postponed. Last week the king received the credentials of the new US ambassador to Spain, so let's hope they recover the preparations for the visit.

[An Ard Ri]

Hopefully as restrictions ease we will start to hear more about incoming and outgoing visits Official or State.

[lula]

The foreign ministers of Spain and Germany are preparing a State Visit to Germany for the end of 2022.

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[Mbruno]

Originally Posted by lula

According to the press, the visit of the President of Paraguay was scheduled for the beginning of the year, but at the moment there is no date.

ARCO used to have a guest country in each edition, but I think that in recent editions there has been no guest country.

The visit to Denmark it's a posibility, after the visits from the Netherlands and Belgium, and because the last visit was in 1980. To Norway it is less likely, because the last visit was in 2006.

The visit to the United States was announced with Trump and had to be postponed. Last week the king received the credentials of the new US ambassador to Spain, so let's hope they recover the preparations for the visit.

When were the last state visits to and from the USA?

[lula]

Originally Posted by Mbruno

When were the last state visits to and from the USA?

King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia made a State visit to the United States in 2000 with Bill Clinton. The last State Visit of a US President to Spain was Ronald Reagan's visit in 1985.

The rest of the visits between the two countries have been official.