{"id":82458,"date":"2017-07-12T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=c4a4b1016f03a1208d320b2ba300a26d"},"modified":"2017-07-12T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T10:07:00","slug":"news-story-spanish-state-visit-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82458","title":{"rendered":"News story: Spanish state visit 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain have started their 3-day state visit to the United Kingdom today, 12 July, at the invitation of Her Majesty the Queen.<\/p>\n

This is the first state visit to the UK by King Felipe and Queen Letizia. The last state visit from Spain was by King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia in 1986.<\/p>\n

The visit celebrates the very close royal, historic, cultural and commercial ties between our 2 countries.<\/p>\n

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson<\/a> welcomes the King and Queen of Spain to the UK:<\/h3>\n

Boris Johnson welcome for the Spanish state visit<\/a><\/p>\n

The UK and Spain are close allies: partners in NATO, the UN, G7 and G20 among numerous international organisations. We continue to co-operate in the European Union, and once the UK leaves the EU we want to strengthen our strong and constructive UK-Spain bilateral relationship.<\/p>\n

The UK and Spain are major business partners. Spain is the 10th largest export market for UK companies, the UK exports more to Spain than India and Brazil combined.<\/p>\n

British Ambassador to Spain Simon Manley<\/a> talks about the close ties between our 2 countries:<\/h3>\n

Simon Manley talks about Spanish state visit<\/a><\/p>\n

Spanish state visit on social media<\/h2>\n