Receiving VIPs at the airport --- Thanks John for this. A refinement of this arises when the airport at which the VIP arrives is not in the capital city of the country. In Australia, VIPs arrive from other countries by air at one of the state capitals and it isn't a required expectation that the Australian counterpart will be there to receive that VIP in Australia, but he or she will be there when the VIP arrives in the capital, Canberra. An appropriate Minister will however be there at the state airport.

Source author: Christopher Lamb christopher.lamb17@gmail.com