Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain

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Albares announces Ibero-American Summit will be held on 4 and 5 November in Madrid

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Albares announces Ibero-American Summit will be held on 4 and 5 November in Madrid

  • Ibero-American Foreign Ministers gather in New York during the United Nations High-Level Week
  • The work of the Ibero-American Conference begins, where more than 25 ministerial meetings, forums and gathering will take place in different parts of Spain

Today
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, has announced that the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government will be held in Madrid on 4 and 5 November 2026.
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The minister confirmed this date during a meeting in which the Foreign Ministers of the Ibero-American countries participated, beginning the work of the Ibero-American Conference, which will include more than 25 ministerial meetings, forums and gatherings in different cities of Spain.

Albares has announced that Spain will propose the creation of an Ibero-American Disaster Response Fund, advance the homologation of university degrees and the rapprochement with other countries and regions such as India or the English-speaking Caribbean, giving a new role to the observer countries of the Ibero-American Conference.

Spain will work with its Ibero-American partners in the approval of the Four-Year Plan for Ibero-American Cooperation (PACCI 2026-2030) with a more strategic and inclusive approach.

This meeting adopted a Declaration on Haiti, expressing support for Secretary-General Guterres' proposals on the United Nations Mission in the Caribbean country. Albares has pledged to formally convey it, on behalf of the Ibero-American Community, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Security Council. The mandate of the Ibero-American Secretary-General, the Chilean Andres Allamand, has also been renewed.

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