Eight ambassadors present credentials to Andorra’s co‑prince
Episcopal co‑prince Josep‑Lluís Serrano Pentinat received letters of credence from eight new ambassadors in a ceremony at the Episcopal Palace,.
Key Points
- Eight ambassadors presented letters of credence to co‑prince Josep‑Lluís Serrano Pentinat.
- Envoys accredited: Hungary, Switzerland, Portugal, Brazil, Georgia, Tunisia, Kuwait and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
- Tunisia and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta are the first accredited since relations were established.
- Ceremony at the Episcopal Palace was the first convened by Serrano Pentinat and followed Article 45.1.e of the Constitution.
This Tuesday morning at the Episcopal Palace in La Seu d'Urgell, the Episcopal co‑prince, Josep‑Lluís Serrano Pentinat, received the letters of credence from eight new ambassadors accredited to Andorra.
The diplomats presenting credentials were Jorge de Habsburgo‑Lorena (Hungary), Heinrich Schellenberg (Switzerland), José Augusto Duarte (Portugal), Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado (Brazil), Alexander Chkuaseli (Georgia), Dhia Khaled (Tunisia), Zeiad I. Al Anbaie (Kuwait) and Sergio Rodríguez López‑Ros (Sovereign Military Order of Malta). The ambassadors from Tunisia and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta are the first to be accredited to Andorra since diplomatic relations with those entities were established.
Serrano Pentinat received the credentials accompanied by Andorra’s minister of foreign affairs, Imma Tor, and his personal representative, Eduard Ibáñez. The presentation ceremony, held at the Episcopal Palace, is the first such ceremony convened by Serrano Pentinat since he assumed the office of co‑prince.
The delivery of letters of credence was carried out in accordance with Article 45.1.e of the Constitution of the Principality of Andorra, which provides that foreign representatives are accredited before each of the co‑princes.
Original Sources
This article was aggregated from the following Catalan-language sources:
- Diari d'Andorra•
Credencials al Copríncep episcopal
- Bon Dia•
Serrano rep les cartes credencials de vuit nous ambaixadors a Andorra
- Altaveu•
Serrano Pentinat rep les primeres cartes credencials d'ambaixadors des que és cap d'estat
- Diari d'Andorra•
Vuit nous ambaixadors presenten cartes credencials al Copríncep episcopal