The Ibero -American Summit 2026 will take place in Madrid, as announced this morning by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, together with the secretary general of Latin America, Andrés Allamand. «Those days Madrid will not only be the capital of Spain, but also of … Iberoamerica countries», Said the head of Spanish diplomacy at the Palacio de Viana, its official residence, in a press conference prior to its meeting with Allamand and the ambassadors of the countries of Latin America.
According to Albares, from the government they feel “very honest” for the unanimous support of the Ibero -American community for the summit to be held in Madrid. They hope this summit “Be a real milestone”. The last one, which took place in Ecuador, had a very low assistance, since only Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Ecuador were.
“For Spain, Latin America is a space of peace and democracy, that we are going to take care and strengthen for all citizens on one side and another of the Atlantic,” said Albares, who pointed out that the summit – which will take place at the end of 2026 – will serve to reaffirm the interests of the 22 countries in Latin America.
«The Ibero -American community, in this convulsive international context, is more necessary than ever to strengthen political dialogue, a mechanism to generate rights for citizenship and a platform for linking Between Latin America and Europe are stronger »Allamand said. Unlike the last summit, Allamand also stressed that the 22 countries will attend the highest level representation.
According to Albares, the government looks optimismly at the fact that the Ibero -American Summit will be held in Madrid. “It will be a success and we will work to reduce any type of polarization,” said the minister. A sample of intentions by Albares and the Government, which aims to have an influence in Latin America thanks to this summit. Hence, he declared that «international cooperation is always Much more powerful than confrontation“And that in these moments of” enormous geopolitical transformation in the world “, he is receiving calls from” many Latin American chancellors “that ask for cooperation, more concerts with Spain and reach Europe through our country.
The latter is still a claim by the Latin American countries, which have seen how The Government of Pedro Sánchez has set aside the main role of Spain as a bridge between Latin America and Europe. It has influenced these aspirations with the different diplomatic crises of recent months, such as Argentina or Venezuela.
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