Madrid, Spain
The news Honduran ambassadors to Spain, María Dolores Agüero, and from Uruguay, Teresa Ayala, sent their credentials to Felipe VI this Friday as a last step to be able to fully exercise their position.
As is customary after this ceremony, which took place at the Royal Palace in Madrid, each ambassador spoke with king a short meeting to exchange views on the state of their respective bilateral relations with Spain.
Agüero was appointed head of the Honduran legation in Madrid in September last year, after being ambassador to Washington and serving as foreign minister between 2016 and 2019.
In turn, Ayala was appointed Uruguayan ambassador to the Spain in July last year by his country’s foreign minister, Francisco Bustillo, who had occupied the Uruguayan legation in Spain since 2012 and before his appointment, he held the position of “number three” of the Chancellery during the previous government administration, since he served as director general.
At the ceremony held in the Royal Palace and marked by measures against coronavirus, the king Spain He also received the credentials of five other new diplomatic representatives, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya.
The new ambassadors arrived at the Royal Palace by car escorted by the Royal Guard on horseback from the nearby Santa Cruz Palace, the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and not during the traditional floating period, as usual, due to the restrictions imposed. pandemic. EFE