White House postpones Spain state visit due to coronavirus

Published March 18, 2020 10:07am ET



Spain’s monarchs will not visit the White House in April after more than 200,000 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed worldwide.

The White House announced Wednesday that the forthcoming state visit by King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on April 21 has been postponed because of the pandemic. The visit was delayed “in order for the United States and Spain to continue to devote their full resources and attention to the COVID-19 response,” press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.

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