| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | November 2009 
Dutch Queen Beatrix Visits Mexico
 Agence France-Presse
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November 04, 2009
| | Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands smiles during a welcoming ceremony at the National Palace, in Mexico City. Queen Beatrix is in a four-day official visit in Mexico, along with other members of the Dutch royal family. (AFP/Luis Acosta) | |
Mexico City – President Felipe Calderon on Tuesday welcomed Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to Mexico at the start of the Dutch royal's five-day visit to the country.
Calderon welcomed the queen at a ceremony in Mexico's National Palace, where he will host a dinner in her honor.
The queen arrived just before midday for a trip that will include meetings with Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, according to a schedule released by the Dutch embassy here.
Queen Beatrix is also scheduled to visit Mexico City's famous National Museum of Anthropology and participate in a meeting on energy.
The royal will spend the last two days of the trip visiting the Mexican states of Guanajuato and Hidalgo.
The queen is accompanied by Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and his wife Princess Maxima.
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