"I thank the Secretary General (NATO. -

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) for this announcement ... that Spain, in this case Madrid, will be the venue for the next summit in 2022," RIA Novosti quoted Sanchez as saying.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that Spain has participated in various NATO operations, including in the Baltic countries and Iraq.

Earlier it became known that NATO countries agreed to develop a new strategic concept for the alliance and adopt it at the summit in 2022.