NEW DELHI (INDIA): Spain’s President Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon is set to embark on a visit to India soon, the country’s foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Wednesday.
He also expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also be able to visit Spain.
Delivering his opening remarks during his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in the national capital today, Albares said that Spain is keen to join the Indo-Pacific Ocean Initiative and work bilaterally through the European Union. He also “President Sanchez will be very soon here in India for an official visit, and I hope that Prime Minister Modi will be able to visit Spain as well. We are going to continue working bilaterally through the European Union and as well in the multilateral sphere and we will be very happy to join the Indo-Pacific Ocean Initiative and have brought the letter to you to mark that moment.
“And we will also express our wish of upgrading our relationship to a strategic association that is the highest level of relationship that we have with friends like is the case in India,” he said.
Albares also thanked Jaishankar for expressing solidarity for the victims of the recent train accident in Barcelona that killed over 40 people.
“And thank you very much for your message of solidarity to the Spanish people in this very painful moment,” he said.
Albares said that the logo for the dual year of culture, tourism, and artificial intelligence represents India and Spain’s shared vision.
“It has been a pleasure for me to present jointly with you our common logo for the Dual year.”