The Kings start a state journey to “promote a greater Spanish business presence in the Netherlands” | EUROtoday

The thermometers learn greater than 20 levels within the Honors Pavilion on the Barajas airport when King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia have been farewell earlier than starting their flight. first state journey to Netherlands. Two and a half hours later, the airplane carrying the Head of State and his spouse landed in Amsterdam to start this assembly. The metropolis obtained them at ten levels, cloudy and wet.

But the climate didn’t detract from the heat of Don Felipe and Doa Letizia's first date. An hour after arriving, the Kings appeared on the metropolis's NH Collection to supply a reception to a illustration of the Spanish neighborhood dwelling within the Netherlands. In whole, about 200 residents represented the 40,000 Spaniards who reside within the nation.

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The State journey to the Netherlands, an appointment between Felipe and Letizia in a rustic with out a Government

The State journey to the Netherlands, an appointment between Felipe and Letizia in a rustic with out a Government

Don Felipe expressed to the attendees his want that this journey “serves to reaffirm and deepen the close friendship that unites the Netherlands and Spain, different in many areas, but also very close and similar in others.” That is why Don Felipe recalled: “Today we face many shared challenges which we can only overcome by working together, and especially within the European Union”.

In reality, the agenda of those two days that the Kings will spend within the nation has an necessary financial burden, by which they may delve into what the 2 nations have in frequent, akin to their dedication to inexperienced hydrogen. The Monarch has expressed to the Spaniards current that he needs his presence within the Netherlands “to contribute to promoting greater business presence Spanish in the Netherlands and an increase in our exchanges, following the path marked by the Spanish companies already established here”.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands is a vital associate for Spain, being the eighth purchaser of Spanish merchandise on the planet and the sixth provider. According to the Trade Balance, final 12 months Spain exported 12,243 million euros to the nation, whereas it imported items value 20,000 million.

This is why Felipe VI wished to thank the Spanish for his or her “contribution to the Spain Brand, to extend a human, social and cultural imprint of our country of which we are very proud, for the image of professionalism, efficiency and modernity that you project in the Netherlands”.

Next Wednesday the state journey itself will start, with the joint agenda between the 4 Kings. The day will start with an official welcome on the Royal Palace and a floral providing in Dam Square. Then, after a non-public lunch, King Felipe and King William Alexander will go to the port to stage their assist for the inexperienced hydrogen maritime hall between Bilbao and Amsterdam.