page_title: Juliana Awada
section_title: Foreign trips
hierarchical_section_title: Juliana Awada / First Lady of Argentina / Foreign trips
caption_attribution_description: Español: La Primera Dama de la Nación, Juliana Awada en su encuentro con la Reina Máxima de los Países Bajos en Amsterdam.
context_page_description: María Juliana Awada is the former First Lady of Argentina, from 2015 until 2019. She is the first First Lady of Argentina to receive the distinction of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic in 70 years and the second in history after Eva Perón in 1947. In 2016 she was chosen the most elegant First Lady in the world by ¡Hola! magazine.
context_section_description: Awada made her first international trip as First Lady of Argentina to Davos, Switzerland to accompany her husband during the 2016 World Economic Forum. She and her husband met with  Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, in a meeting that lasted about 30 minutes. At the meeting, there was a commitment to relaunch the bilateral relationship and to expand flights between the two countries.
  On February 27, 2016 she met with Pope Francis at the Vatican City where she and her husband, President Macri were invited. It was the second time Awada met with the Pope, the first was in 2013 when she was the First Lady of Buenos Aires. The next day she attended a meeting between her husband and the Italian President, Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome.
  In July 2016, The First Lady and the President Macri started a European tour that took them to France, Belgium and Germany, where the President sought to project his international leadership as a political and commercial partner of the European Union. Macri and Awada held in Paris a meeting with French President Francois Hollande, and Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in this case in the context of a two-day official visit. In addition to meeting with the two leaders brunt of the European Union, the President was received in Brussels by the European Council President Donald Tusk, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini. The President and the First Lady were received by King Philip and Queen Mathilde at the Royal Palace of Brussels.
  On September, 2016 Awada accompanied her husband to the G-20 Summit held in Hangzhou. During the summit, she fulfilled a personal agenda, on her first day visited a buddhist temple and a pedestrian street of handicrafts. At the next day she visited the Zhejiang University and participate in an activity at the China Academy of Art.
  In February 2017, President Mauricio Macri and the First Lady began a state visit to Spain. The First Lady and Queen Letizia spoke about the ties that unite both countries and agreed on the importance of working in the care of children and the integral development of women. "I am very grateful to have the opportunity to come to this country with Mauricio representing Argentina. It is an honor and a great responsibility that I take with great enthusiasm, "said Awada after his meeting with the Queen, in the Palace of Zarzuela. The meeting between Awada and Letizia took place in parallel to the meeting of the Head of State with King Felipe VI of Spain. The President's wife brought the Queen a bracelet inspired by Pampa, silver-plated, by designer Federico Álzaga. "We talked about our roles, our countries with so much history and ties in common, and also about what we live as women and as mothers of two girls. I felt very comfortable and the conversation flowed naturally", she said.
  In March 2017, President Macri and the First Lady began a state visit to the Netherlands. During their stay in Amsterdam were received by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima in the Dam Square. Macri and Awada, accompanied by Queen Maxima, visited the Anne Frank House, where they were received by the Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam, Kasja Ollongren; The director of the Anne Frank Foundation, Leonard Leopold; And by the director of the Foundation in Argentina, Hector Shalom. "I am very touched by the story of Anne Frank. It is always an inspiration to work for a better life and for human rights," wrote the first lady, Juliana Awada, in the House of Honor book of honor where the Jewish girl hid from The Nazi persecution with his family.
caption: Awada alongside Queen Máxima of the Netherlands in Amsterdam.
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