‘University collaboration & soccer matches in India soon’, says Spanish PM in Mumbai [Video]

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday spoke of improving inter-university collaboration and cultural exchanges between Spain and India and assured that the Spanish team will participate in soccer matches in India soon.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez accompanied by his spouse Begona Gomez was speaking to Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan during a reception hosted by the latter at Raj Bhavan Mumbai.

Prime Minister Sanchez said Spain and India are celebrating 2026 as the Year of Culture, Tourism and AI. He said Spain will send football coaches to India while India can promote cricket in his country.

Mentioning his meeting with Indian film producers, he said Spain wants to have a conversation with the Indian film industry to promote joint collaboration.

Stating that Spanish is the second largest language spoken in the world, he said, “We need to explore more avenues of collaboration in promoting the languages.”

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