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At the end of this half-hour visit, Philip VI gave him a book on Picbado's famous painting with the following dedication in English: " For President Obama, as a token of my friendship and affection and in memory of our visit together to "Guernica", an eternal icon of art more universal. "
This private meeting with Obama, the day after his speech at the Summit The Technological Innovation and Circular Economy held in Madrid, takes place two weeks after the visit of the Kings to Washington, where Felipe VI met the president of United States, Donald Trump, at the White House. 19659003] The Spanish monarch met for the first time Obama at the hotel Waldorf Astoria in New York on September 23, 2014, three months after his proclamation as king, on the occasion of the two's participation in the United Nations General Assembly, an interview that, as then explained the Spanish authorities, demonstrated the "good harmony" between the two heads of state.
In September 2015, the Obamas were the hosts of the Kings of Spain. in the White House, where the president was before the monarch "deeply committed" to maintain the relationship "with a strong and united Spain."
The following year, they were Felipe VI and Queen Letizia who had the opportunity to receive in Madrid the American leader and the first lady, although separately, to the Occasional visits Michelle Obama end of June 2016 and the President of the United States ten days later. [19659006] The American leader and the king of Spain then held a meeting at the Royal Palace in which both countries noted the "strength" of the bilateral relationship, while, during the previous visit of Michel Obama, the first American lady was received by Kings and their daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia.
This was the first meeting of Michelle Obama with the two girls, since none of them was on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca when, on August 8, 2010 , the first lady ended her holidays in Spain, accompanied by her daughter Sasha, with a lunch offered by the kings Juan Carlos I and Sofia and Princess Letizia. EFE
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