Tías (Lanzarote, Spain) (EFE) Pedro Sánchez, and the Portuguese Prime Minister, Antonio Costa, who share positions on many issues on the European agenda.
The 34th summit between the two countries begins
Although Sánchez and Costa already met on Tuesday, during the visit to the House-Museum of the Portuguese Nobel Prize for Literature José Saramago, and at the joint dinner with the two delegations, the 34th summit between the two countries will officially begin at nine o’clock this morning.
Framed in the Atlantic, as a link with Latin America, the appointment will serve for Sánchez to present to Costa the objectives of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union, which is held in the second half of this year.
The good relationship between the two leaders, which was seen in the negotiation of the so-called “Iberian exception”, will also serve to ensure that the joint declaration of the summit reflects the commitment to advance on the Celorico da Beira (Portugal)-Zamora section, which is part of H2Med.
It is expected that, together with the joint declaration, eleven agreements will come out of the summit in matters such as culture, cross-border development, education, justice or health.
On the Spanish side, Sánchez will be accompanied by the second vice president, Yolanda Díaz; the third vice president, Teresa Ribera; and the ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Transport, Education, Culture, Health and Universities. EFE