The Russian-Spanish negotiations began in a restricted format, but were later continued with the participation of both countries’ delegations. The countries’ leaders discussed a broad range of bilateral as well as current international issues, including the situation in the Middle East and the Balkans, strategic stability and cooperation in fighting terrorism.
Jose Maria Aznar invited Vladimir Putin to visit Spain.
Both countries’ leaders were present at the ceremony of signing five interdepartmental documents, including an agreement on marine navigation and international motor transportation.
Among other documents there was a protocol on the exchange of ratification instruments regarding the Russian-Spanish agreement on the extradition of convicts, signed in Moscow on January 16, 1998.
The sides signed a memorandum on cooperation to work out a mechanism for the conversion of liabilities into investments on Russian territory.
The last document was a memo on cooperation between the governments of Russia and Spain in the financial sphere to redeem part of the Russian debt through deliveries of Russian goods to Spain.
The Foreign Ministers of both countries released a joint statement on the Mideast settlement, in which they outlined an initiative to stop the violence and launch negotiations between the conflicting parties there.
Afterwards Vladimir Putin and Jose Maria Aznar made statements to the press and answered journalists’ questions.
After the summit the Russian President and the Spanish Prime Minister took a walking tour of the Kremlin.