{"id":89051,"date":"2024-07-15T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomatinspain.com\/?p=89051"},"modified":"2024-07-12T21:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:32:15","slug":"the-new-foreign-minister-of-panama-visits-spain-two-weeks-after-mulinos-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomatinspain.com\/en\/2024\/07\/15\/the-new-foreign-minister-of-panama-visits-spain-two-weeks-after-mulinos-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"The new foreign minister of Panama visits Spain two weeks after Mulino’s inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eduardo Gonz\u00e1lez
\nThe Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares, will receive today in Madrid his new counterpart from Panama, Javier Mart\u00ednez Acha, who is visiting Spain just two weeks after taking office following the inauguration of the new president, Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino.
\nOne of the main objectives of Mart\u00ednez Acha's visit to Spain, according to the Panamanian Foreign Ministry, is to \u201cattract investments\u201d to Panama. This includes meetings with various authorities, insurance and energy companies and the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE).
\nIn fact, the visit includes the chancellor's participation in the Panama-Spain business forum, organized by the CEOE, the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business, ICEX, the Spanish Chamber of Commerce and the Government of Panama itself and which will be held today at the headquarters of the Confederation in Madrid.
\nAccording to the agenda, the forum will feature interventions by \u00cd\u00f1igo Fern\u00e1ndez de Mesa, vice president of CEOE; Inmaculada Riera, general director of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce; Alicia Varela, general director of International Trade and Investments of the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business; the ambassador of Spain in Panama, Guzm\u00e1n Palacios; the ambassador of Panama in Spain, Ithzel Pati\u00f1o Villareal; and Mart\u00ednez Acha himself, with whom the event will conclude.
\nAfter this business meeting, Mart\u00ednez Acha will be received by Albares at the ministerial headquarters of the Viana Palace. The two ministers already held a first meeting on July 1 in Panama City, on the occasion of the presence of King Felipe VI at the inauguration of the new president.
\nIn that first meeting, Albares and Mart\u00ednez Acha agreed to \u201cwork together in this new stage to continue deepening Spain-Panama relations and our cooperation in the Ibero-American Community,\u201d as declared by the Spanish minister through the X network.
\nIn statements to the Efe agency, Mart\u00ednez Acha recalled after the meeting with Albares that \u201cSpain is the fifth or sixth investor in Panama\u201d and highlighted that the Spanish Government has \u201csupported a lot\u201d to his country in \u201cthe fight to get off the lists\u201d of tax havens, in which \u201cwe do not deserve to be.\u201d \u201cI am sure that with the arrival of President Mulino and with President (Pedro) S\u00e1nchez, great things are going to happen between Panama and Spain,\u201d he added.
\nAfter his visit to Spain, the Panamanian Foreign Minister will travel to Washington tomorrow, Tuesday, together with Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Ruiz-Hern\u00e1ndez, to participate in the meeting of leaders of the countries of the Alliance of the Americas for Economic Prosperity (APEP). ), a regional initiative promoted by United States President Joe Biden to address economic inequality, foster regional economic integration, restore faith in democracy, and help the working class throughout the region.
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