The Diplomat
His Majesty the King will receive on Wednesday the Letters of Credence of six new ambassadors, including those of Nicaragua and Venezuela, two countries with which relations have been or are being strained.
Both the Nicaraguan ambassador, Maurizio Carlo Gelli, and the Venezuelan ambassador, Coromoto Godoy, have been in Spain for months, but had not been able to present their Letters of Credence, because the last time this ceremony was held was on 23 January, and ahead of them there were several other ambassadors who had arrived in Spain earlier.
However, on 20 April last, the ambassador of the Russian Federation, Yuri Klimenko, presented his Letters of Credence to the King, although in a special format and not as is traditional in a ceremony at the Royal Palace, with a period carriage being brought from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Spanish government, taking into account the circumstances of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, did not broadcast images of the presentation of the ambassador’s credentials and only reported afterwards that it had taken place in the Zarzuela Palace.
Wednesday’s ceremony will take place according to tradition, and along with the ambassadors of Nicaragua and Venezuela, who presented their Copies of Letters of Credence to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in December and January, respectively, in order to begin their duties in Spain, the ambassadors of the United Arab Emirates, Omar Obaid mohamed Alhesan Alshamsi; of Gambia, Noah Touray; of New Zealand, Tara Deborah Morton; and of Kazakhstan, Danat Mussayev, will present their Letters of Credence to the monarch.
Several other ambassadors who are already in Madrid will have to wait for a future ceremony, probably in June. They include the representatives of Iran, Reza Zabib; Peru, Walter Gutiérrez Camacho; El Salvador, Joaquín Maza Martelli; and Thailand, Vosita Vorasaph.
