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being received in audience by the King of Spain " /></p> <p class="caption">Photograph of the Prime Minister being received in audience by the King of Spain </p> </div> <div class="block-photo" id="inner_content4"> <p class="photo"><img src="/content/20181016spain04.jpg?w=496&s=300000" alt="Photograph of the leaders shaking hands" /></p> <p class="caption">Photograph of the leaders shaking hands</p> </div> <div class="block-photo" id="inner_content5"> <p class="photo"><img src="/content/20181016spain05.jpg?w=496&s=300000" alt="Photograph of the leaders shaking hands" /></p> <p class="caption">Photograph of the leaders shaking hands</p> </div> <div class="block-photo" id="inner_content6"> <p class="photo"><img src="/content/20181016spain06.jpg?w=496&s=300000" alt="Photograph of the Prime Minister conversing with the President of Spain" /></p> <p class="caption">Photograph of the Prime Minister conversing with the President of Spain</p> </div> <div class="block-photo" id="inner_content7"> <p class="photo"><img src="/content/20181016spain07.jpg?w=360&s=300000" alt="Photograph of the Prime Minister conversing with the President of Spain" /></p> <p class="caption">Photograph of the Prime Minister conversing with the President of Spain</p> </div> <div class="block-photo" id="inner_content8"> <p class="photo"><img src="/content/20181016spain08.jpg?w=496&s=300000" alt="Photograph of the Japan-Spain Summit Meeting" /></p> <p class="caption">Photograph of the Japan-Spain Summit Meeting</p> </div> <div class="block-photo" id="inner_content9"> <p class="photo"><img src="/content/20181016spain09.jpg?w=496&s=300000" alt="Photograph of the signing ceremony" /></p> <p class="caption">Photograph of the signing ceremony</p> </div> <div class="block-photo" id="inner_content10"> <p class="photo"><img src="/content/20181016spain10.jpg?w=496&s=300000" alt="Photograph of the signing ceremony" /></p> <p class="caption">Photograph of the signing ceremony</p> </div> <div class="block-photo" id="inner_content11"> <p class="photo"><img src="/content/20181016spain11.jpg?w=496&s=300000" alt="Photograph of the signing ceremony" /></p> <p class="caption">Photograph of the signing ceremony</p> </div> <div class="block-photo" id="inner_content12"> <p class="photo"><img src="/content/20181016spain12.jpg?w=496&s=300000" alt="Photograph of the signing ceremony" /></p> <p class="caption">Photograph of the signing ceremony</p> </div> <div class="block-photo" id="inner_content13"> <p class="photo"><img src="/content/20181016spain13.jpg?w=496&s=300000" alt="Photograph of the signing ceremony" /></p> <p class="caption">Photograph of the signing ceremony</p> </div> </div> <div id="format"> <div class="aly_tx_right">[Provisional Translation]</div>  <br /> On October 16, 2018 (local time), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Madrid in the Kingdom of Spain.<br />  <br /> The Prime Minister was first received in audience by His Majesty the King Felipe VI of the Kingdom of Spain. 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