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.
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.