Madrid, Spain
The news Honduran Ambassadors to Spain, María Dolores Agüero, and from Uruguay, Teresa Ayala, handed over their credentials to Felipe VI on Friday as the last step to fully exercise their position.
As usual after this ceremony, held at the Royal Palace of Madrid, each ambassador attended rey a short meeting to exchange views on the state of their respective countries’ bilateral relations with Spain.
Agüero was appointed head of the Honduran legation in Madrid last September, after serving as Ambassador to Washington and Secretary of State between 2016 and 2019.
Ayala in turn was appointed ambassador of Uruguay in Spain last July by his country’s Secretary of State, Francisco Bustillo, who had occupied the Uruguayan legation in Spain since 2012, and prior to her appointment, she served as “number three” of the chancellery during the previous government administration, serving as general manager.
At the ceremony held in the Royal Palace and marked by measures against the coronavirus, the king became king of it Spain He also received the accreditations from another five new diplomatic representatives, accompanied by the Secretary of State, Arancha González Laya.
The new ambassadors arrived at the Royal Palace by car, accompanied by the Royal Guard on horseback from the nearby Palace of Santa Cruz, the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and not in the traditional period floats, as usual, due to the imposed restrictions. the pandemic. EFE