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The Ambassadors of the United Kingdom and India visit La Union in the Festival (26/07/2013)

Giles Paxman and Sunil Lal demonstrate its presence in La Union to respect and support the Festival del Cante de las Minas and the internationalization project.

When you have a few days to commencement of the Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas de La Unión, the Ambassadors of the United Kingdom and India in Spain, Giles Paxman and Sunil Lal, respectively, have confirmed their participation in the Union during the Festival.

In the case of the British Ambassador in Spain, Giles Paxman, will go to La Union on Friday August 2 to collect the Prize Cathedral Festival del Cante that gives your country, in the fifth edition of this award and recognition from the work of this nation in the preservation, promotion and dissemination of culture and the art of flamenco.

Paxman is Ambassador of United Kingdom in Spain since October 2009.

He has extensive diplomatic experience, both in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of his country, and in various foreign destinations, including Brussels, Singapore, Rome, Paris and Mexico, its previous destination.

For the Indian Ambassador in Spain, Sunil Lal, his presence in La Union will be held in for the opening day of the Festival on Thursday August 1, during the presentation of the project Las Minas Flamenco Flamenco Group Tour and Roots , emerged from the cultural exchange of flamenco music and Rajasthani.

The Ambassador will participate in the presentation of the International Center for Studies sovereign flamenco and music of Rajasthan, the Cante de las Minas Foundation and Mehrangarh Museum Trust of India, will open in the city of Jodhpur.

Sunil Lal India's Ambassador in Spain since September 2011, but has developed its work in the Indian Foreign Service since 1982.

Before moving to Spain, he was Deputy Head of the Embassy of India in Ankara, Director of External Publicity Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India and Minister and Spokesman of the Indian embassy in Washington DC has been at front of the Protocol Division as Introducer of Ambassadors from January 2007.

International support continues to seek the unionense Festival in recent years is remarkable, since the presence of the Ambassadors is a boost to flamenco and Las Minas Flamenco project that the Foundation Tour Cante de las Minas has been doing, and which seeks to establish headquarters this competition abroad and stably.

The presence of high officials and international diplomats has been a constant in recent years, because of the presence of the Minister of Culture of the Government of Spain, Angeles Sinde, in 2009, he received from the Mayor of Union Award Cathedral Festival del Cante that gave Spain its first edition, has joined the visit of the Ambassador of Japan, Satoru Satoh, who was awarded the Sing Cathedral in 2010, and the United States, Alan Solomont, last year.

In all these cases, the leaders have shown their respect and admiration for the longest and international Festival of those held in Spain, who serves as Ambassador and guarantor of the flamenco tradition inside and outside our country.

Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión

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