Felipe VI and Letizia land in Croatia on their first visit to the country: details of their agenda

First trip of the Kings to Croatia. Don Felipe y Mrs. Letizia have landed at Zagreb airport this Wednesday, November 16. This is the first official visit they make to the Balkan country on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. The agenda of the visit is framed in the field of science and business. hence it was Diana Morant, Minister of Science and Innovation, the one in charge of accompanying the Kings. You have to remember that Jose Manuel Alvaresforeign minister, is in Bali, at the G20 summit.

Under the rain, at around 2:30 p.m., the official reception of the Kings by the Croatian president took place, Zoran Milanovicand his wife, Sanja Music in the Presidential Palace. Letizia, who was sheltering from the water with a black umbrella, has chosen for this first image in Croatia the bottle green dress, which she debuted at the funeral mass for the Duke of Edinburgh, in London, in March of this year. She has combined the set with a striking black asymmetrical cape by Carolina Herrera, which she likes a lot to compose her cold looks.

Don Felipe and Doña Letizia have posed with their hosts at the beginning of the act. Then the national anthems of Spain and the Republic of Croatia were interpreted.

Letizia’s schedule in Zagreb

The Queen will maintain her own agenda, together with the Croatian first lady. On Thursday morning, November 17, they will visit the SUVAG Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation Clinic in the capital. During the tour, Letizia will be able to see the multisectoral playground and the presentation of the project Healthy life at school: physical activity polygons. Afterwards, the first two ladies will share a lunch.

One of the objectives of the visit is the signing of the memorandum to reinforce the collaboration between both countries for the construction in Escúzar (Granada) of the IFMIF Dones particle accelerator, reports Europa Press. A research infrastructure to test and validate at a single site materials to be used in future fusion power plants such as DEMO (a demonstration fusion reactor prototype). Croatia faces its entry into the Schengen zone and also into the euro, the latter becoming effective in January 2023.