- UK and Spanish Foreign Ministers expected to discuss shared
priorities, such as combatting malign actors and getting more
girls into education
- Foreign Secretary to boost economic ties as she hosts an
event with leading Spanish investors and British businesses
- Closer collaboration to benefit both Spain and every region
and nation of the UK
Foreign Secretary is today (Wednesday 15 December) visiting Spain to meet
her Spanish counterpart José Manuel Albares, as well as business
and tech leaders in Madrid.
The foreign ministers will discuss how the UK and Spain can work
together more closely on the world’s greatest challenges – from
combatting malign actors to getting more girls across the world
into education. The ministers will also discuss their
collaboration through NATO, ahead of Spain hosting the NATO
Leaders’ Summit in 2022.
This meeting comes just two weeks after their meeting in Riga,
during the NATO Foreign Ministers Summit at which both Ministers
underlined their commitment to a Political Framework for the
UK-EU Gibraltar Treaty and to swiftly concluding negotiations.
During the visit, which comes within her first 100 days in
office, Foreign Secretary will also seek to boost the UK’s economic ties with
Spain as she hosts an event with leading Spanish investors and
British businesses in Spain.
Foreign Secretary said:
“I want to work with allies like Spain to create a network of
liberty based around closer economic, tech and security
ties.
“We’re significant trading partners, with the UK as Spain’s
biggest European investor, and the UK as the top destination for
Spanish investment.
“By boosting our trading ties even further, both Spain and
every region and nation of the UK will benefit.”
As part of her visit over two days, the Foreign Secretary will
also launch a new report on scientific collaboration between the
UK and Spain.
