The royal couple, the first Spanish monarchs visiting Croatia, was welcomed with the highest state and military honours by the hosts, President Zoran Milanović and his wife, Sanja Musić Milanović.
After the hosts and the royal couple heard the national anthems, King Felipe, who is the head of state and armed forces commander-in-chief, saluted the Honorary and Protection Battalion.
After that, King Felipe and President Milanović began talks, while Musić Milanović and Queen Letizia began a working meeting on innovative approaches to preventing obesity in children.
Under Spanish law, the royal couple does not grant interviews or speak to the press.
Their Majesties will then bring flowers at the Monument to the Homeland and end the day with a dinner with President Milanović and the first lady.
On Thursday, President Milanović and King Felipe will address the Croatian-Spanish IFMIF-DONES forum, where a memorandum of understanding will be signed on a project on which Croatian and Spanish physicists will work.
King Felipe will then meet with Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, while Musić Milanović and Queen Letizia will visit the Suvag Polyclinic for the Rehabilitation of Listening and Speech.