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The Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Spain and Portugal ( Spanish: ''Tratado de Amistad y Cooperación entre España y Portugal'', Portuguese: ''Tratado de Amizade e Cooperação entre Portugal e Espanha'') is a bilateral treaty of friendship signed between
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
and
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
on 22 November 1977. It was ratified on 17 April 1978 in Portugal and on 25 April 1978 in Spain. Its stated goals were to strengthen the bonds of friendship and solidarity between the two countries. It was signed by Portuguese Prime Minister Mário Soares and Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez. The treaty replaced the
Iberian Pact The Iberian Pact (''Pacto Ibérico'') or Peninsular Pact, formally the Portuguese–Spanish Treaty of Friendship and Non-Aggression,; pt, Tratado de Amizade e Não Agressão entre Portugal e Espanha was a non-aggression pact that was signed at ...
signed in 1942, and followed both countries' transitions into democracies, after the
Carnation Revolution The Carnation Revolution ( pt, Revolução dos Cravos), also known as the 25 April ( pt, 25 de Abril, links=no), was a military coup by left-leaning military officers that overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo regime on 25 April 1974 in Lisbo ...
in Portugal and the
1977 Spanish general election The 1977 Spanish general election was held on Wednesday, 15 June 1977, to elect the Spanish Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as all 207 seats in the Senate. It was the first ...
.


See also

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Portugal–Spain relations Portugal–Spain relations describes relations between the governments of the Portuguese Republic and the Kingdom of Spain. The two states make up the vast majority of the Iberian Peninsula and as such, the relationship between the two is somet ...


External links


British Pathe video of signing


References

Treaties of Spain Treaties of Portugal Portugal–Spain relations 1977 in Spain 1977 in Portugal Treaties concluded in 1977 Treaties entered into force in 1978 {{Treaty-stub