The Diplomat in Spain

The Embassy of Qatar celebrated its National Holiday on Wednesday with a reception at Intercontinental Hotel in Madrid, commemorating the access to the throne of Sheikh Jassim Al Thani, founder of the State of Qatar.

The reception was attended by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Ignacio Ybáñez (in the photo above, with the Qatari ambassador, Abdul Razzak Al Ghani, during the screening of a video about the history and future of This country of the Persian Gulf).

Among the guests were numerous Spanish businessmen, as well as the ambassadors of Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Algeria, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Albania and Georgia, among others.

Text and photos: A. Rubio. 18/12/2016

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Iran’s Ambassador, Mohammad Fadaifard, with Qatar’s Ambassador and main members of his staff.

Representative of Palestine, Musa Amer Odeh, with Qatar’s Ambassador at his arrival to the reception.

Turkey’s Ambassador, Ömer Önhon, with Qatar’s Embassy staff.

Ambassadors of Pakistan, Rafat Mahdi, and Albania, Ridi Kurtezi.

Algeria’s Ambassador, Taous Feroukhi, and the counsillor of the Arab League in Madrid, Hocine Souidi.

Several ambassador -between them those of Libya, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey- with Qatar’s Ambassador and the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.