Spain's Sánchez Urges Ibero-America to Choose Dialogue and Peace at Madrid Summit

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez opened the XXX Ibero-American Summit in Madrid on Thursday, urging the community of 22 nations to choose dialogue, cooperation, and peace over force and unilateralism in global affairs. Sánchez, hosting the fourth summit organized by Spain, announced new agreements including an Ibero-American Artificial Intelligence Alliance, a disaster risk reduction network, and a new cooperation strategy. He emphasized the bloc's collective strength of over 700 million people and its role in bridging Europe and Latin America. The summit adopted a final declaration and transferred its pro tempore secretariat to Honduras. Thirteen countries attended at the highest level, alongside UN Secretary-General António Guterres and European Council President Antonio Costa.