Dutch King and Queen Host Lunch for Austrian President

Today, Wednesday November 14, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima received the President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen, and his wife Doris Schmidauer.
The President and First Lady were officially welcomed with a welcoming ceremony held in the courtyard of the Palace Noordeinde in The Hague. The King and the President inspected a guard of honour and the national anthems were played.
Inside the palace took place a private audience and then the Royal Couple and the Presidential Couple posed for the official photograph. Afterwards took place a luncheon hosted by the King and Queen.
The King in his speech stated that Austria “is making concrete work of strengthening the international legal order, including as a participant in various peace operations together with the Netherlands” and also that “We are also fortunate in having a close partner in Austria who is at the top in many areas of economics and society”.

De bondspresident van de republiek Oostenrijk brengt een officieel bezoek aan Nederland. Het bezoek staat in het teken van het bestendigen van de bilaterale relaties. De Koning ontvangt @vanderbellen en zijn echtgenote op Paleis Noordeinde. https://t.co/pWgHZrVRs2 pic.twitter.com/qbqZ0x5Vmo

— Koninklijk Huis (@koninklijkhuis) November 14, 2018

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