Sudan celebrates fifty-two years of relations with Spain on its National Day

The 52^nd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Spain was the focus at the reception offered on Thursday by Sudan’s Ambassador, Mohamed Abdalla Ahmed (in the photo, with the secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Ignacio Ybáñez, when the commemorative cake was being cut), to celebrate the National Day of this African country.

As well as Ignacio Ybáñez, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was also present director general for Africa, Manuel Gómez-Acebo.

Also attending the event were the ambassadors of Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and North Korea. The embassies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Irak, Yemen, Syria, Arab Emirates and Russia were also represented.

Text and photos: A. Rubio

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The wife of Sudanese Ambassador and the painter Francisca Blázquez (center), with a group of Sudanese women.

Egyptian Ambassador and his wife pose both sides of the reception hosts.

Pakistan’s Ambassador, Rafat Mahdi, talks with Syrian chargé d’Affairs, Safwan Barakat.

The Diplomat’s Cultural coordinator, Juan David Latorre, with Alnoor Noor, Sudan´s cultural attaché.

Pakistan’s and North Korea’s Ambassadors with the Sudanese Ambassador and the Secretary General of WTO, Taleb Rifai.