15 Nov 2024        14:15:54 pm

International Relations

Spain

Tags : Spain

Topic: Europe

Why in the news?

• Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez reached Vadodara where he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral talks and inaugurate the Final Assembly Line (FAL) plant of the C295 medium-lift tactical transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force.
• The Vadodara facility is India’s first private military transport aircraft production plant, a partnership between Tata Advanced System Limited (TASL) and Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS).
• Under the first ‘Make in India’ aerospace programme in the private sector, India is to acquire 56 C295 aircraft to replace the IAF’s legacy Avro fleet.

Source: The Indian Express

About Spain:

• It is a country in southwestern Europe with territories in North Africa.
• It is the largest country in southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. 
• It spans across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula.
• It is bordered:
  • to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay
  • to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar
  • to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. 
• Spain\'s capital and largest city is Madrid, and other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, and Zaragoza.
• Its territory also includes:
  • Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean
  • Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea
  • autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla in Africa. 

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