Ibero-American Transport Ministers Adopt Valladolid Declaration on Connectivity and Cohesion
Ministers of transport and infrastructure from across Ibero-America adopted the Valladolid Declaration on October 9 at the close of the 9th Ibero-American Conference of Transport and Infrastructure Ministers, chaired by Spain's Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente. The declaration puts integrated connectivity at the centre of the region's transport policy.
The ministers committed to designing transport systems that serve not only economic efficiency but also social and territorial cohesion, and to embedding safety and resilience as structural criteria in planning. The conference also advanced preparations for the 30th Ibero-American Summit, to be held in Madrid in November, with support from the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB); its deputy secretary attended the meeting.
Puente presented the Spanish presidency of the process and proposals to strengthen logistics corridors and cross-border links between Europe and Latin America.
For Spain, the gathering also served a domestic purpose weeks ahead of the November 29 election: projecting the country as a bridge between the two continents, an image the government wants to carry into the Madrid summit. (Source: Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Spain)
Source: Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Spain
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Photo: 图：Valladolid 火车站（资料图）。Wikimedia Commons 开放授权。 / Photo: Valladolid railway station (file photo). Wikimedia Commons, open license.
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