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On 4 May 2010, Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero paid an official visit to NATO Headquarters in Brussels, where he met with Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Spanish Defence Minister Carme Chacon Piqueras.

The Secretary General expressed his strong appreciation for the Spanish contribution to NATO’s mission in Afghanistan in speaking to the press after the meeting. He regretted the casualties Spain has suffered and expressed his sympathy to the effected families.

“Today we discussed Afghanistan and the way forward in this critical year,” he said. “We both agree that we have the right strategy in place; that security, governance and development need to go hand in hand.”

The Secretary General highlighted Spain’s contribution in the west of Afghanistan, where Spain has helped local government increase services and improve governance. Spain has also provided high quality trainers and mentors for the Afghan National Army. Training Afghan police and soldiers is “a top priority”, said Mr Rasmussen, with the aim of beginning to hand over lead security responsibility to Afghans by the end of this year.

The two also discussed the future of the Alliance, with a view towards the Lisbon Summit in November, where Allies will agree on on a new Strategic Concept, as well how to strenthen NATO’s partnerships to “enhance our capacity to anticipate, detect and prevent conflict or crises”.

For his part, Prime Minister Zapatero said he that he looks forward to contributing to the shaping of NATO and its new Strategic Concept and to the “renewal of the political nature of the organization”.

Afghanistan is “NATO’s primary mission right now abroad ”, he said. It is “very important that we renew our confidence in the current strategy in Afghanistan”, which he believes is the right one, considering the aim of transfering responsibilities to the Afghans themselves.

In closing, the Prime Minister invited the Secretary General to visit Spain before the Lisbon Summit to discuss the Alliance’s future with Parliamentarians and civil society.