Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport. State Pavilion. After the farewell ceremony with honors, the Kings Philip VI y Joy They have set course for Angola this Monday, February 6, after 12:00 noon. Their Majesties embark on a flight of more than eight hours, which is destined for Luanda. The arrival is scheduled around 20.00. This is a three day visit. During the journey, the Kings will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albares. “We look forward to this first state trip to a country in sub-Saharan Africa with special enthusiasm,” Felipe VI said at the traditional official reception for the Diplomatic Corps on January 25 at the Royal Palace in Madrid.
The monarch and his wife have been fired by the presidents of Congress and the Senate, Meritxell Batet y Ander Gil; and the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who has opted for a combined set in a tricolor key, based on a pencil skirt, fitted jacket and turtleneck top.
The traditional welcome ceremony will take place at the Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport in Luanda. For this Monday there are no events planned in the travel program of the head of state and his wife, whose agenda begins on Tuesday, February 7. In the morning, at 10:30, they will attend the memorial in homage to Agostinho Neto, the first president of Angola. After this ceremony of honor, the Kings will move to the Presidential Palace, where the president, Joao Manuel Gonçalves Lourençoand his wife, Ana Afonso Dias LourençoThey will give you the official welcome.
The first lady will act as hostess for Doña Letizia in her solo agenda in Angola. Both will meet in Dias Lourenço’s office as president of the Ngana Zanza Foundation. There they will preside over the meeting with women leaders of the Angolan civil society and will participate in the meeting that will deal with education as an essential factor of empowerment.