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NEWS RELEASES

February 14, 1996 No. 18

CANADA AND ANDORRA ESTABLISH

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today announced that Canada and Andorra have established diplomatic relations. His Excellency Juli Minoves-Triquell, earlier today presented his Letters of Credence to Canada's Governor General Roméo LeBlanc as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Principality of Andorra.

"I wish to warmly welcome Canada's newest diplomatic partner in Europe," declared Mr. Axworthy. "I am pleased that we have been able to formalize the friendly informal relationship which our two countries have enjoyed for many decades."

Andorra's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York will represent Andorra in Canada.

Andorra is a 450 km² principality of approximately 64 000 inhabitants nestled in the Pyrénées mountains between Spain and France. The official language of Andorra is Catalan; Spanish and French are also spoken widely. The Spanish peseta and French franc both circulate as the legal tender in Andorra.

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