The Diplomat
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, met yesterday at the Moncloa Palace with former Secretary of State and former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, with whom he reviewed the issues currently on the international agenda in a context marked by the impact of the war in Ukraine.
Likewise, Sánchez and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson, signed Spain’s adhesion to the Artemis program, announced by the Chief Executive himself on May 12 after meeting at the White House with the President of the United States, Joe Biden.
During the meeting, according to Moncloa, Sánchez conveyed to Hillary Clinton his willingness to continue collaborating with the United States in various areas, such as the reform of the international financial architecture, the fight against climate emergency, artificial intelligence and Latin America.
Likewise, Sánchez and Clinton addressed the importance of the defense of democracy, “systematically attacked today in Europe and America by populisms through the dehumanization of the political adversary, manipulation and disinformation”, an issue that “the President of the Government had the opportunity to address in depth with President Joe Biden during his visit to Washington last May 12”, added Moncloa.
The lawyer and politician Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of President Bill Clinton (1993-2001), Secretary of State between 2009-2013 and the first woman to be a candidate for the presidency of the United States, is in Spain to participate, among other events, in the central act of the 50th anniversary of the think tank Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), which will take place this Friday in Barcelona. In addition, both Hillary Clinton and Bill Nelson will be received today by King Felipe VI at the Zarzuela Palace.
Previously, Sánchez received Bill Nelson in Moncloa, who is here to meet with the new Spanish Space Agency and visit its headquarters in Seville. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, and the U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Julissa Reynoso.
During the meeting, Spain signed the adhesion of Spain to the Artemis program, which promotes collaboration between countries with the dual objective of returning to the Moon in order to develop a continuous presence on the surface of the satellite and to prepare the first manned flights to Mars. According to Nelson, through this adhesion, Spain will safeguard the ideals shared with the United States and will help to ensure that the rapid expansion of humanity into space is carried out in a peaceful, safe and transparent manner.
In this regard, according to Moncloa, this agreement “highlights the will to continue scientific cooperation between the United States and Spain, a matter that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, had the opportunity to address at the White House with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, during his visit to Washington last May 12”.
Indeed, the accession is included in the agreement on scientific and technological cooperation signed during Sánchez’s visit to Washington. That meeting also addressed the renewal of the collaboration agreement between Spain and NASA, which has been in place since 1964 through the facilities in Robledo de Chavela and which will be strengthened with the recently created Spanish Space Agency, based in Seville.
Likewise, the Spanish Ministry of Science and the US Department of Energy also made a commitment in Washington to promote scientific cooperation with different advanced research programs and the exchange of experts in fields such as quantum research or experimentation with neutrinos, among others.
