Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another James Baker...
arrived in Madrid Friday on her first official two-day visit to the country with the aim of boosting bilateral ties in various domains.
Clinton was received upon her arrival to Torrejon Air Force Base in Madrid by US ambassador to Spain Alan Solomont, and high-profile Spanish and US figures, and she will embark upon discussing political topics on her agenda with holding a meeting with her Spanish counterpart Trinidad Jimenez.
It is scheduled for Clinton to meet King Juan Carlos, and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero in order to mull with them a number of issues, particularly the military intervention in Libya, war in Afghanistan, and the Middle East upheavels.
Further, discussions will tackle the latest developments in Latin America, particularly in Cuba and Venezuela, besides thrashing out the ways of boosting bilateral ties in the domains of trade, economy, and investment.
Clinton's visit is her first to the country since taking over her office in 2009, and within a tour which will take her to Hungary, and Lithuania, while this is the first visit paid by the top US diplomat to Spain in two years.
Jimenez considered yesterday the visit of her American counterpart as a proof of deep-rooted ties between the two countries, expressing hope that such visit will further boost ties, and bring political stances closer, besides opening up new horizons for cooperation in various political, economic, and military fields.
This is the third meeting between Clinton and Jimenez as the two ministers met last January in Washington, and before this in Lisbon on the sidelines of NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants...
summit in November 2010.