
King Felipe and Queen Letizia have landed in Luanda for the beginning of their three-day state visit to Angola, the first of their reign and the first from a Spanish monarch in general. They are travelling accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, and the State Secretary for Commerce, Xiana Méndez.
Their Majesties landed at Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport on the evening of Monday, 6 February.
Since they landed so late in the evening, their official agenda began on the following day with a visit to the Agostinho Neto Memorial, followed by a visit to the Presidential Palace, where they were welcomed by President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço and First Lady Ana Alfonso Dias.

The programme continued with a visit to the Economic Bank, which will host the presentation of Cuanz International University and where the King and Queen inaugurated a Joan Miro exhibition. The last engagement of the day was a reception for the Spanish community in Angola, which numbers at around 500 individuals.
On Wednesday, the day will start on separate agendas; King Felipe and President Lourenço will open the Spanish-Angolan business meeting “Together building the future,” which will put together Spanish businesses that operate in the area, mainly in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
At the same time, Queen Letizia and First Lady Dias will visit Lucrecia Paím Maternity, where one of the biggest neonatal programmes in the country is carried out.
The royals will then be reunited in the country’s Parliament, where they will meet Parliament President Carolina Cerqueira. The official goodbye ceremony at the Presidential Palace will mark the end of the state visit.
This is the first state visit to Angola by a Spanish monarch since the country gained its independence from Portugal in 1975, and it is a reciprocation of the official visit that President Lourenço and First Lady Dias made to Spain in September 2021. The aim of the trip is to “highlight and strengthen the ties and the bilateral relations among the two countries,” according to the Spanish Royal Household.