Spanish Crown Prince Filipe de Bourbon and Princess Letizia Ortiz kicked off a 24-hour visit to Israel Monday by meeting President Shimon Peres, for what a spokesman said was a "working diplomatic meeting."
The royal visit, reciprocal to one Peres made to Spain six weeks ago, marks 25 years since Spain and Israel established diplomatic relations, DPA reported.
Peres, Israeli prime minister when the countries set up diplomatic ties, will host a state dinner for the couple on Monday night.
Prince Filipe and Princess Letizia are also scheduled to attend a reception at Tel Aviv University and to visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Centre in Jerusalem.
On Tuesday, the couple will have a working breakfast with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and will then proceed to Ramallah for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, before departing for Jordan, where they will attend a state dinner hosted King Abdullah II and Queen Rania.
The prince's parents, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, visited Israel in 1993.
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