Visit to Casa Árabe by the Libyan ambassador 

The Honorable Mr. Walid Abuabdallah met with Casa Árabe’s General Director, diplomat Miguel Moro Aguilar, at the institution’s headquarters in Madrid. 

At the meeting, held on October 23, Walid Abuabdallah learned about the work done by Casa Árabe, its mission as a center for public diplomacy and our institution’s cultural programs. He and our institution’s director discussed the potential for launching joint initiatives to raise the profile of the North African country together.

Spain and Libya established diplomatic relations on January 14, 1961. Spain has an economic interest in the country’s future. Despite instability in recent years, Libya has been one of our main suppliers of crude oil (in 2024, the fifth largest supplier). 

In February 2025, a sector-wide trade mission (the first since 2014) consisting of 11 companies from AGRAGEX (the Spanish Association of Manufacturers-Exporters of Agricultural Machinery and Components, Greenhouses, Plant Health and Nutrition, Irrigation Systems, Livestock Equipment, Animal Health and Nutrition, Forestry, Biomass and Post-Harvest Machinery, Maintenance and Storage) went on a trade mission to Libya.

On Wednesday, October 14, Madrid’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services organized an ”internationalization day” devoted to Libya, the purpose of which was to identify and analyze the country’s development plans and projects in the fields of renewable energies, Infrastructures, water, transportation and urban development.