The Government has granted the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic to the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and to the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, the Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Carlos III.
The Official State Gazette (BOE) publishes this Wednesday two royal decrees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in this regard, coinciding with the three-day State visit to Italy carried out by the Kings of Spain.
The Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic that has been awarded to the Italian Prime Minister recognizes extraordinary civil merits of those people who contribute to the relations of friendship with the Spanish nation and with the rest of the international community.
The Government has also awarded this same decoration to Antonio Tajanivice president of the Council of Ministers and minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; to Maria TripodiUndersecretary of Foreign Affairs, already Giuseppe Buccioambassador of Spain in the Italian Republic.
For its part, the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III – whose Cross has been awarded to Mattarella – is the highest of the Spanish civil Orders and is among the oldest of those currently preserved in the world.
