Overview
- Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said President Pedro Sánchez will visit India very soon and expressed hope for a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Spain.
- Albares presented a letter signalling Spain’s intent to join the Indo-Pacific Ocean Initiative and proposed upgrading the relationship to a strategic association.
- Both sides backed early conclusion of an India–EU free trade agreement, highlighting growing commercial links and signals from EU leadership of progress toward a deal.
- Jaishankar said India expects the first Made-in-India C-295 from the Airbus–Tata final assembly line to roll out before September 2026, underscoring defence manufacturing cooperation.
- India and Spain launched the Dual Year logo for Culture, Tourism and Artificial Intelligence to mark 70 years of ties, and Jaishankar offered condolences over Spain’s January 18 train accident.