The Diplomat
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has created an Honorary Consular Office, with the status of Honorary Consulate of Spain, in Benghazi (Libya), and has elevated the Honorary Consular Office in Atlanta (United States) to the same status.
According to Monday’s Official State Gazette (BOE), in addition to Benghazi, the Honorary Consular Offices of Colón (Panama), Taraz (Kazakhstan) and Timbu (Bhutan) have been created, all of them with the category of Honorary Consulate of Spain.
The Honorary Vice-Consulate in Triesen (Liechtenstein) has also been upgraded to the status of Honorary Consulate.
In Brazil, the honorary consular offices in Maceió, in the state of Alagoas, and Joao Pessoa (state of Paraíba) have been abolished. At the same time, the Honorary Consular Office, with the status of Honorary Consulate, has been created in Arcaju (Sergipe state) and the circumscription of the Honorary Consulate in Recife (Pernamubo state) has been modified, which will now also cover the state of Paraiba.
The aforementioned changes are aimed at making the consular assistance provided by these offices more efficient and extending this assistance to areas where until now there was no Spanish consular presence.
These modifications “will not entail any increase in personnel costs”, according to the respective orders published in the BOE.
