00:00Madrid has opened the 30th Ibero-American Summit, but only 10 of the community's 22 heads of state and government
00:08are attending.
00:10The gathering began on Wednesday with a minute of silence for the victims of the Erda train accident.
00:16Brazil's Lula da Silva, Mexico's Claudia Schoenbaum, and Venezuela's Dulce Rodriguez are among those absent.
00:25Argentina's Javier Miller is in the Spanish capital, but skipped the opening ceremony and the dinner hosted by the king
00:32and queen.
00:33Two weeks ago, on a previous visit, he called Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and, quote,
00:39on presentable dictator. On Wednesday evening, he met with Vox leader Santiago Abascal with plans to attend Thursday's plenary session.
00:49King Felipe VI opened the meeting with a message on the economy.
00:53The answer, he said, lies not in protectionism. He called for legal certainty and strong institutions to attract investment and
01:02for closer ties between the European Union and Latin America.
01:07Elegir el camino adecuado será, como lo fue ayer, como lo es hoy, la responsabilidad histórica de las 22 naciones
01:15que conformamos esta comunidad iberoamericana.
01:18Meanwhile, there was also a surprise arrival when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky flew into Madrid unannounced.
01:26The summit continues Thursday with a plenary session at the Gallery of the Royal Collections, where five agreements are due
01:32to be ratified, including an alliance on artificial intelligence.
01:36Please, please continue to be frankincense.
01:39The summit continues to meet the� but now that we are staying at a minute.
01:41This is the summit is high and the summit twins.
