In accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 40/2022, of January 12, amending RD 634/2021, of July 26, which restructures the Presidency of the Government, the Communication Offices of the diplomatic missions of Spain will report directly to the State Secretariat for Communication in the terms regulated by Act 2/2014, of March 25, on the Action and the Foreign Service of the State.
The Communications Offices are therefore a network of the State Foreign Service whose direction and coordination is the responsibility of the State Secretariat for Communication through its Department of International Information. The directors of these offices are State officials with diplomatic status and the rank of counsellor.
The Offices are an instrument of support, in the field of information and image creation, for the action of the State in its foreign policy. Among their functions are the following:
- To promote and disseminate information about Spain abroad and, in particular, about the activities and announcements of the Government and its President.
- To inform the Government of Spain about international news of interest to our country, by sending information and analysis of what is published by the media.
- To support the State Secretariat for Communication in the organization of news coverage of State visits and official visits by His Majesty the King, the President of the Government, members of the Government and other State authorities.
- To provide assistance and support to Spanish correspondents and Spanish media companies. The Communication Offices manage the accreditation of special envoys of the Spanish press with local authorities; they process the obtaining of permits - under a temporary import regime - for the work material of graphic and radio journalists and, in general, do everything necessary to facilitate the work of the Spanish press abroad. They also provide credentials to journalists to attend official events.
- To support the State Secretariat for Communicatio in the process of accreditation in Spain of correspondents, collaborators and special envoys from the country in which the Office is located.
- To maintain and promote relations with the media in the country in which the Office is located.
- To provide support for the organisation of events of the diplomatic mission in which the media participate, helping to enhance the media coverage of the most positive aspects of the bilateral relationship with the host country.
There are currently 22 Communication Offices abroad.
List of Communication Offices Abroad
GermanyDirector of the Communication Office: Jara Polo Carramillama
Address: Lichtensteinallee, 1 10787 (Berlin)
E-mail: Berlin@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 0049 30 254 007 215
Argentina
Director of the Communication Office: Pilar López Molina
Address: Avda. Figueroa Alcorta, 3102 - C1425DZB (Buenos Aires)
E-mail: BuenosAires@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/5411 4807 9730/9780/ 9801
Belgium
Director of the Communication Office: Pascual Luis Sarvisé Mascaray
Address: Rue de la Science , 19 1040 Brussels
E-mail: Bruselas@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/322-230.21.76
Brazil
Director of the Communication Office: M. Victoria Marcos Cabero
Address: Avda. Das Naçoes Q811, It 44 70429-900 Brasilia DF
E-mail: Brasilia@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/55.61.32448509 - 00/55.61.34437536
Chile
Director of the Communication Office: Antonio Varela Gilabert
Address: Avda. Andrés Bello 1895, Providencia (Santiago de Chile)
E-mail: santiagodechile@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/562-2235.13.27Fax: 00/562-2235-13-28
China
Director of the Communication Office: Juan Ramón Bedmar Díaz
Address: 9 Sanlitun Lu / 100600 Beijing
E-mail: pekin@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/86.10-65.32.65.07
Egypt
Director of the Communication Office: José Sánchez-Crespo Madrazo
Address: 41 Ismael Mohamed St. Zamalek (Cairo)
E-mail: ElCairo@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/2022-735.58.26
United States
Director of the Communication Office:
Address: 2375 Pennsylvania Ave. NW 502, 20037 Washington D.C.
E-mail: Washington@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/1202-728.23.32Fax: 00/1202-728.23.08
France
Director of the Communication Office: Virginia Iglesias Díaz
Address: Avenue Marceau, 22 - 75008 (Paris)
E-mail: Paris@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/331-44.43.19.26/27/29Fax:00/331-47.23.95.76
Italy
Director of the Communication Office: Francisco Javier Arbaizar Osacar
Address: Largo Fontanella DiBorghese, 19 - 00186 (Rome)
E-mail: Roma@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/3906-68803263
Fax: 00/3906-687.15.74
Japan
Director of the Communication Office: Eduardo Aguirre de Cárcer
Address: 1-3-29-2F, Roppongi, Minato-Ku-Tokyo, 106-0032
E-mail: Tokio@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/81/3/5563/1455
Fax: 00/81/3/5563/1458
Morocco
Director of the Communication Office: Valentín Dueñas Jiménez
Address: Avenue Aïn Khalouiya. Boulevard Mohamed VI Km. 5,300 . Souissi. 10160 Rabat
E-mail: Rabat@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/212/ 537 633.936/26
Fax: 00/212/ 537.630.399
Mexico
Director of the Communication Office: Fernando Hernández Cobo
Address: Galileo, 114 (esq. Horacio. Colonia Polanco) 11550 Mexico D.F.
E-mail: Mexico@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/5255-52.82.24.91
Permanent Representation of Spain to the United Nations
Director of the Communication Office: Juan Rodríguez Gómez-Aller
Address: 245 East 47th Street, 36th Floor, NY 10017 (New York)
E-mail: ONU@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/12.12-661.10.50
Netherlands
Director of the Communication Office: Isabel Sánchez Miguel
Address: Lange Voorhout, 50 - 2514 (EG-The Hague) )
E-mail: LaHaya@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/31.65-251.90.82
Poland
Director of the Communication Office: Llorenç Pastor Font
Address: Mysliwiecka, 4 ,00459 Warsaw
E-mail: Varsovia@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/48-225.834.000 - 00/48/225834046
Fax: 00/48-226.225.408
Portugal
Director of the Communication Office: María José Martínez Peral
Address: Rua do Salitre,1 - 1296-052 (Lisbon)
E-mail: Lisboa@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/35.121-322.43.30
United Kingdom
Director of the Communication Office: Ignacio Moreno Gozálvez
Address: 39 Chesham Place SW1X 8SB London
E-mail: Londres@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/442.07-235.75.37
Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU
Director of the Communication Office: Javier Molina Martínez
Address: Boulevard du Régent, 52 - 1000 (Brussels)
E-mail: UE@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/322-509.86.63
Fax:00/322-511.48.86
Russia
Address: Ulitsa Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 50/8 - 121069 - (Moscow)
E-mail: Moscu@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/74.95-9319592
Fax:00/74.95-931.95.93
Turkey
Director of the Communication Office: Ana María Rodríguez Pérez
Address: Cemal Nadir sokak 7/8 Çankaya (Ankara)
E-mail: Ankara@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/90312/4400933
Fax: 00/90312/4400950
Venezuela
Director of the Communication Office: Enrique Luis Cerezo Guijarro
Address: Av. Mohedano, entre 1ª y 2ª transversal.Quinta "Marmolejo. Urbanización La Castellana
E-mail: Caracas@comunicacion.presidencia.gob.es
Telephone: 00/58-212-2631964/2941