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Portugal, Spain should work together to consolidate economic recovery: Spanish king

Xinhua, December 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Portugal and Spain must work together to consolidate the recovery of the economies of both countries, Spanish King Filipe VI said Wednesday.

In an address to the assembly as part of a three-day state visit, Filipe said: "In the past years, both Spain and Portugal suffered an economic crisis that seriously affected our citizens."

"Today, our economies have returned to the path of economic growth and continuing to work to deepen economic bilateral relations is the best way to consolidate recovery, create employment and sustain the social model that we share," he added.

Parliament President Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues also highlighted during the ceremony that both countries had common strategic interests and that these had to be defended jointly by both countries.

King Filipe VI and Queen Letizia began their three-day official visit to Portugal on Monday in Porto, where they were received by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. Enditem