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Spanish President Pedro Sanchez and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the Moncroa Palace.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with Spanish President Pedro Sanchez to show her first bilateral involvement during her stay in Europe.
The two leaders have announced an agreement that will allow 2000 young people from Spain and New Zealand to take leave in either country. Previously, only 200 travelers from each country were able to participate in the Working Holiday Scheme.
Ardern said the expansion of the working holiday system is only one sign of an opportunity for New Zealand and Spain to work more closely, and discussions with Sanchez focus on how they can work together to promote internationalism. Said he was guessing.
The two leaders also agreed on what they call a “global value partnership.” It discusses the intent of defending global democracy, sustainability, human rights and the rule of law.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks with staff before his trip to Europe.
Ardern is in Madrid to attend the NATO summit, where New Zealand was invited to the summit for the first time. She will then participate in the “final stage” of New Zealand’s free trade negotiations with the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Belgium, before visiting London’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
She met Sanchez at Moncloa Palace on Tuesday, where they exchanged football jerseys (all white to Lafria Roja) before entering the meeting.
Ardern said he would like to personally thank Sanchez for selling 250,000 Pfizer vaccines to New Zealand in September.
Sanchez became president in 2018 after a vote of no confidence surpassed the former president of Spain. The two leaders spoke earlier and the voice of global cooperation was noted early in their leadership.
At the 2018 United Nations, President Emmanuel Macron of Sanchez, Ardern and France was known as a member of a “club” concerned about the growth of trumpism and global nationalism.
After Ardern meets Sanchez in the morning, she will meet Macron in Madrid for the NATO summit.
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Sanchez became president in 2018 after a vote of no confidence surpassed the former president of Spain.
The Macron conference is expected to touch on a variety of major issues, and Ardern wants to get the latest information on the situation in Ukraine after he and other European leaders visited Kieu directly last week. thinking about.
She is also expected to discuss negotiations on a free trade agreement between New Zealand and the EU, and to discuss Christchurch’s call with Macron.
Following Christchurch’s terrorist attack in 2019, Macron joined Ardern and called on social media companies to play an active role in stopping the spread of radicalism on their platforms.
In addition to collaboration under the Global Value Partnership, they have the opportunity to take advantage of and implement the opportunities provided by their participation in the leader network “Strengthening Multilateralism Together” and their support for Christ Church’s actions. Continue to look for concrete actions to protect modern, democratic, and internationalist values.
Ardern and Sanchez said in a joint statement after the meeting that they would discuss Christchurch’s call and work together to focus on “advocacy for modern, democratic and internationalist values.”
The internet, democracy and freedom are the main focal points of the Prime Minister’s first day in Spain. She will also give a keynote speech at the Tech4 Democracy conference. This is a program involving the US State Department to study how digital technology can better enhance democracy rather than threaten it.