The Director General of Foreign Policy, Ambassador Rui Vinhas, received on February 13th, in Lisbon, his Spanish counterpart, Ambassador Guillermo Ardizone, for bilateral political consultations. During the consultations, which took place at the Palácio das Necessidades, some of the main topics on the international agenda were discussed, namely the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the situation in Ukraine, developments in NATO, as well as matters of common interest in the Southern Neighborhood, in Africa and Latin America.