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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York
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ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SPAIN, 27-28 JANUARY
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Madrid in the morning of Tuesday, 27 January.
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The Secretary-General later met with Prime Minister José Luis Zapatero, with whom he discussed food security, the situation in Gaza and Spain’s 20 year participation in United Nations peacekeeping missions.
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That evening, the Secretary-General had a private audience with King Juan Carlos I of Spain, at the Palacio de la Zazuela. He also had a working dinner with Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé. There they discussed ways to make the ceasefire in Gaza a sustainable one and longer-term solutions to the situation in the Middle East. …
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For information media • not an official record
Document Type: French text, Press Release, Secretary-General press release
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Country: Spain
Subject: Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief, Peacekeeping
Publication Date: 28/01/2009