US President Obama schedules visit to Spain after NATO summit
Trip will take place after Obama's trip to Poland for final world leader summit
- After a stalemate in December, Spaniards will go to the polls again at the end of June, shortly before the visit
- Obama plans to meet with the king and acting president, according to White House statement
President of the United States Barack Obama will visit Spain from the 9th to the 11th of July, a White House statement has confirmed.
It will be the first time that the President has visited Spain during his eight years in office. The trip will come directly after the fifth and final NATO summit of Obama's presidential term, which will take place in Warsaw the three days previous to his Spanish trip.
It will be the first time that the President has visited Spain during his eight years in office
During the NATO summit the group of international leaders will discuss how many troops will maintain their positions in Afghanistan after 2016.
On 20th December 2015 the Spanish people went to the polls in order to decide the fate of their new government, but no party gained a majority and no agreement could be reached in order to form a government. Current acting prime minister Mariano Rajoy from the conservative Popular Party hopes that his side will be able to win the new elections on the 26th June, but once agin the prospects are unclear as elements from the left form coalitions.
Obama plans to meet with Spain's king as well as its acting president
Obama plans to meet with Spain's king as well as its acting president, according to a statement by White House press secretary Josh Earnest.
"The visit to Spain, an important NATO Ally, will highlight robust security cooperation, a strong political and economic relationship, and longstanding people-to-people ties," Earnest said.