PH Embassy in Madrid Unveils Marker Commemorating the 75 Years of PH-Spain Diplomatic Relations 

Philippine Ambassador to Spain Philippe J. Lhuillier (center) with Senator Bong Go (third from left), Malaysian Ambassador Akmal Che Mustafa (leftmost), Vietnamese Ambassador Hoang Xuan Hai (rightmost), Indonesian Ambassador Muhammad Najib (second from left), and Mr. Ricardo Jose Gomez Acebo of the Ministry of External Affairs of Spain (third from right). (Madrid PE photo)

MADRID, 11 November 2022 – Philippine Ambassador to Spain Philippe J. Lhuillier, joined by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid’s Mr. Cecilio Cerdán Carbonero, Director General of Cooperation and Global Citizenship, led a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the commemorative marker celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations of the Philippines and Spain on 28 October 2022.

Ambassador Lhuillier thanked the Ayuntamiento for its support in valuing the diplomatic relations of the Philippines and Spain, one of the countries with which the Philippines has the longest relationship.

Mr. Cerdán, who represented Madrid Mayor José Luis Martínez Almeida at the unveiling, said that the Jose Rizal monument, aptly placed in Avenida de las Islas Filipinas, “serves as [Madrid’s] recognition and homage [to the Philippines’ national hero], and seals the eternal friendship and brotherhood between the peoples of the Philippines and Spain”.

At the ceremony, the Ambassador led the crowd in a toast to the health of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, and that of Their Majesties, King Felipe VI and Queen Leticia, and to the enduring relationship between the Philippines and Spain.

Senator Bong Go, Malaysian Ambassador Akmal Che Mustafa, Vietnamese Ambassador Hoang Xuan Hai, Indonesian Ambassador Muhammad Najib, as well as Mr. Ricardo Jose Gomez Acebo of the Ministry of External Affairs of Spain stood as witnesses. 

Members of the Filipino Community, the Order of the Knights of Rizal, Spanish university professors, the diplomatic corps, and the media also joined the event. END

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