"The Spanish Government's commitment in relation to the AVE [high speed] Madrid-Lisbon is 2030. I insist, it is the commitment of the Government of Spain and it is the horizon in which we are working", said the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, at the final press conference of the Iberian summit that took place today in Faro.

Sánchez added that regarding the high-speed connection Lisbon-Porto-Vigo, "the commitment of the Government of Spain", which it shares with the Portuguese executive, "is the year 2032".

The Prime Minister of Portugal, Luís Montenegro, in the same press conference, said that the priority of the national executive "is the Lisbon-Porto-Vigo-Madrid connection".

"It is the Portuguese side's priority. We have already awarded the first section of this connection and we even want to bring forward the schedule as far as possible", said Montenegro.

The Prime Minister added that "the second priority is the Lisbon-Madrid connection via Évora-Badajoz" and, in this case, "there is a first section that is already on the ground".

"There is now a need to reconcile the third crossing over the Tagus River in Lisbon with the construction of the high-speed connection in Évora. It is a process that runs simultaneously with the construction process of the new Lisbon airport", recalled Montenegro.

"We are working with both governments to try to combine the work schedules for both connections so that they can be carried out in the shortest possible time", added the Portuguese Prime Minister.

Regarding other railway connections between Portugal and Spain, and in line with the final declaration of today's summit in Faro, they said that connections between Aveiro and Salamanca and between Faro-Huelva-Seville will be studied.