UNITED States president Barack Obama will travel to Spain between July 9 and 11 – just two weeks after the next general elections.
This will be the first time a US leader has visited Spain in 15 years.
Obama will meet with King Felipe VI – whom he saw on his own soil just a few months back – and with Mariano Rajoy, acting president and PP leader, although with the general elections on June 26 meaning a possible change in government, Obama may also have to schedule a meeting with a different national leader.
The US head of State will travel to Madrid and Sevilla – Obama's first time in Spain, and a visit he has been looking forward to as he is keen to see the country – and his trip will be only the 10th in the history of the two countries.
The last time a US president has visited Spain was when George W Bush did so in 2001.
Obama will travel to Spain en route from the NATO convention in Warsaw, Poland.
