10-15 March F&M make Official Visit to Chile

STATSBESØG I CHILE

11.-14. marts 2013

Efter indbydelse fra Chiles præsident, Hans Excellence Sebastián Piñera Echenique og fru Cecilia Morel Montes aflægger Hendes Majestæt Dronningen og Hans Kongelige Højhed Prinsgemalen statsbesøg i Chile den 11. – 14. marts 2013.

11th - 14th March 2013

At the invitation of the President of Chile, His Excellency Sebastián Piñera Echenique and Mrs Cecilia Morel Montes, Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort make a State Visit to Chile during the period 11 - 14 March 2013.

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OFFICIELT BESØG I CHILE

Deres Kongelige Højheder Kronprinsen og Kronprinsessen aflægger officielt besøg i Chile den 10.-15. marts 2013.

10-15 March 2013

Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess make an official visit in Chile during the period 10th - 15th of March.

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Due to osteoarthritis of the back and on the advice of her doctors Her Majesty the Queen has decided to cancel the royal couple's planned state visit to Chile on 10-15. March.

The doctors believe that the long flight combined with the demands and expectations of a state visit, in the current developing health situation will be too stressful for the Queen to complete. The royal couple have instead asked HRH the Crown Prince and Crown Princess to lead an official visit, where most of the already planned program will go ahead, and include Santiago, Valparaiso and northern Chile. Around 50 companies are participating in the visit, one of the main objectives is to strengthen trade relations between Chile and Denmark in particular in the areas of agriculture and food, fisheries and aquaculture, mining, energy and environment and health. A versatile cultural program is an important part of the visit. Asger Jorn exhibited at Chile's oldest and most prestigious museum, the Museo de Bella Artes, as this year's exhibition. In connection with the visit established literary meetings between Danish and Chilean poets, and children's literature are included in the program. Denmark is known in Chile as a pioneer in human rights. In this context, a joint conference on human rights education has been organized by the Chilean Commemorative Museum and the Danish Institute for Human Rights. The official visit will finally bring the Crown Princely Couple to Paranal Observatory in northern Chile, ESO (the European Southern Observatory) flagship for Astronomy, and where Denmark is longtime contributor.

(The term 'State Visit' is only used when one Head of State makes a visit to another, so the visit will now be called an 'Official Visit')