The Hispano–Portuguese Summits or simply Iberian Summits (

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: ''cumbres ibéricas''; Portuguese: ''cimeiras ibéricas'') are formal meetings conducted by the

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and the

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to discuss issues of mutual concern. The first one was held in November 1983 in

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, Portugal. They are chaired by the respective heads of government. In the 2001 summit, both parts agreed to hold additional meetings between the foreign ministers in-between-summits in order to prepare the next Iberian summit in line. Since 2004 presidents of Spanish border regions (

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, Galicia,

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and

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) may also attend to the summits. Ian Cooper and Federico Fabbrini (2022) have mapped this bilateral summit between prime ministers as an instance of "bottom-up regional group within the European Union".

List of Iberian summits

References

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