Queen Sofia of Spain is in town for a four-day visit that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has described “as a positive reflection of the Philippines’ long-standing and special partnership with Spain, most especially in the area of development cooperation.”
The queen, an official guest of the Philippine government, flew in Monday afternoon “to inspect various development projects funded by the Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarollo,” or AECID, the DFA said.
Queen Sofia arrived at 4:50 p.m. on Emirates Airlines Flight 332.
Her visit, which would include a seven-hour stop in Albay province on Wednesday, is a “reaffirmation of Spai...
Keep on reading: Spain’s Queen Sofia is in town
Keep on reading: Spain’s Queen Sofia is in town