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He Colombian President Gustavo Petrowill make his first official visit as Colombian Head of State to Spain he next Wednesday May 3. The decision was made after the National President accepted the invitation of the King Felipe VI and some President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez.
This was confirmed by the On the radiostation who knew that now Colombian Ambassador to Spain, Eduardo Avila and his team, which includes central consul general Rodrigo Pinzonwho has extensive protocol experience, advances all the details to ensure a successful visit.
“He will arrive on the 2 (May) at night, and will be accompanied by the first lady, Verónica Alcocer, and several of his ministers. Basically that of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Mines, Energy and Educationwith whom a new agreement with Spain will be signed to facilitate access to higher education”revealed the journalist Alba Lucía of the On the radio.
According to the Bogotá station, the Colombian president will also be accompanied during his official visit to Spain by the country’s vice president and future head of the equality portfolio, France Marquez Mina.
Among the most important issues that the two governments will address, according to the same media, will be total peace, decarburization of the economy, the energetic transitioneverything concerning the Ministry of Equality and EU-Celac Summit which will take place next July.
“The first outpost arrives this Sunday (March 12) in Madrid. A first group arrives from the military house, protocol, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and security issues to address them with all the people of the same sectors of the Spanish government “added the journalist OAlba Lucia.
It should be mentioned that the official state visit of President Gustavo Petro to Spain is announced only a few days after the Minister of Education, Aurora Vergara-Figueroawill reveal that the Colombian and Spanish governments are working on an agreement so that citizens of both countries can access the higher education system of the two nations in a way further “accelerated” and in “best conditions”.
The announcement was made by the head of the education portfolio in dialogue with the news agency ECE. According to Vergara, the goal is for the prove to knowthe Colombian state exam, whether valid in the Spanish university system and vice versa.
“This allows people who finish high school in Colombia to access the higher education system in Spain, and people who finish high school in Spain to access the higher education system in Colombia”the senior official told EFE.
Immediately afterwards, the Minister of Education added that the initiative will open “the possibility of equivalence between the two state examinations between countries allows people to enter the systems more quickly, under better conditions, and also that families that eventually migrate have adequate training opportunities”.
Although the date on which the two governments will sign the agreement is not known, according to information obtained by the On the Radiothis would take place during President Gustavo Petro’s official visit to Spain on Wednesday, May 3.
It should be remembered that with this official state visit of the Petro government to Spain, it would be the second occasion of an event of this magnitude in which the head of the Colombian state and the president of the Spanish government meet, since Pedro Sanchez He had already officially visited Colombia on August 23 and 24, 2022, a few days after the Colombian president took office.