2023-05-11 22:09:43
Pedro Sánchez flies to Washington this Thursday to meet with the President of the United States, Joe Biden. The purpose of your first visit to the White House is to strengthen the bilateral relationship and advance in agreements such as the one for the land contaminated with plutonium by the nuclear accident in Palomares (Almería) in 1966. US sources confirm the optimism about the possibility that this agreement could be closed during the meeting.
Sources have pointed out the possibility of resuming the agreement reached by both countries in 2015 in which the US promised to take the contaminated sands to the Nevada desert 57 years ago.
In addition, Sánchez seeks to close a collaboration agreement between NASA and the Spanish Space Agency and share with Biden his priorities for the current presidency of the European Union, among which is improving the relationship with Latin America and getting around dependency. of the 27 from third countries in strategic supplies, such as microchips.
The conversations inside the Oval Office will also revolve around the war in Ukraine, on which Spain will reiterate its support for the invaded country, after Sánchez has held several key meetings in recent weeks with countries that are establishing mediation efforts, such as China or Brazil.
The migrationa key issue for the Biden presidency, will also be a priority issue, following the agreement signed at the end of March so that Spain and Canada welcome Latin American migrants who usually emigrate to the United States and whose applications will now be processed in centers that Washington wants to build in Colombia and Guatemala.
Sánchez’s agenda in Washington
Pedro Sánchez will arrive at the Andrews air base in Maryland, the same one that the President of the United States usually uses when traveling. There he will be received by the Spanish ambassador to the United States, Santiago Cabanas, and by the Permanent Observer ambassador of Spain to the OAS, Carmen Montón.
Later, in the residence of the Spanish ambassador, Sánchez will take part in the award ceremony of the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel la Católica Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. On April 25, the Government agreed to grant this distinction to the American politician, a member of President Biden’s Democratic Party, for “breaking the glass ceilings” by being the first woman to hold the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. since its foundation.
This will be the meeting in the oval office
It will be Friday when Biden will receive Sánchez in the Oval Office of the White House. The head of the Executive will first sign the book of honor at the presidential headquarters, which he plans to arrive at eleven in the morning on Friday (local time, 5:00 p.m. in mainland Spain). There will be a meeting that the Government hopes will serve to consolidate bilateral relations and close agreements that have been crystallizing in recent months. As is customary in this type of visit, the leaders will dedicate a few words to the press at the beginning of the meeting, to continue the meeting behind closed doors afterwards. Sánchez will be accompanied by a Spanish delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares.
After the meeting, which could last around an hour, the Prime Minister will appear before the media in the White House compound. But he will do it alone, without being accompanied by Biden. Something that American sources attribute to the “complex agenda” of Joe Biden.
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