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Spain andPakistan have diplomatic and bilateral relations. They enjoy extremely cordial and friendly ties.[1]
After thePartition of India in 1947, the Spanish city ofCeuta received a substantial influx ofSindhi Hindus from current-day Pakistan.[2]
Even though diplomatic relations between both countries were established relatively early after the birth of the state of Pakistan, they lacked in real substance for quite a while.[3] According to documentation from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they date from 17 September 1951.[4]
Pakistani prime ministerBenazir Bhutto made an official visit to Spain in 1994.[5] During her mandate as prime minister, a Bilateral Agreement for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments and a Memorandum of Understanding on Financial Cooperation were signed in 1995.[5]
Spain, particularlyCatalonia, received a substantial influx of immigrants from Pakistan in the early 2000s.[6]
Pakistan PresidentPervez Musharraf made an official visit to Spain in April 2007, visiting Madrid andCórdoba and meeting Spanish prime ministerJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and kingJuan Carlos I.[7] Prime ministerYousaf Raza Gillani made an official visit in June 2010, signing an agreement to removedouble taxation.[8]
As of 2017, the volume of trade between Pakistan and Spain stood at $1.1 billion, of which approximately $700 million was in Pakistan's favour.[9]
As of 2021[update] the ambassador of Pakistan to Spain was Rafat Mahdi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
In September 2021,José Manuel Albares made an official visit to Pakistan, the first one by a Spanish foreign minister, seeking to meet prime ministerImran Khan, foreign ministerShah Mahmood Qureshi and the Pakistani Army's Chief of StaffQamar Javed Bajwa.[10][11] He intended to somehow secure safe ways out ofAfghanistan for the remaining Afghan collaborators with Spain in the wake of theTaliban takeover of the country.[11]
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