<P> Obama and Zapatero met face - to - face for the first time on April 2, 2009, at the G20 London Summit . Both leaders participated in the NATO Summit in Strasbourg - Kehl, where Spain committed an additional 450 troops to its previous military contingent of 778 in Afghanistan . Commentators said the decision may have been partially motivated by the Zapatero government's desire to curry favor with the new administration in Washington . Days later at the EU - U.S. Summit in Prague the two held a 45 - minute meeting, and afterwards shared a photo - op for the press, where Obama called Zapatero a friend, and said he thinks that the two nations would establish an even stronger relationship in the years to come . This was the first formal meeting between heads of government of Spain and the United States since 2004 . </P> <P> In February 2010, Obama met with Zapatero at the United States Capitol a few days after Obama announced he would not attend the EU - U.S. summit in Madrid in May . Two weeks later, Obama met with King Juan Carlos I. Juan Carlos I was the first European head of state to meet with Obama in the White House, where he has met with John F. Kennedy in 1962, Gerald Ford in 1976, Ronald Reagan in 1987, and Bill Clinton in 1993 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <Dl> <Dt> Of United States </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Madrid (Embassy) </Li> <Li> Barcelona (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> Valencia (Consular Agency) </Li> <Li> Las Palmas (Consular Agency) </Li> <Li> Fuengirola (Consular Agency) </Li> <Li> Palma de Mallorca (Consular Agency) </Li> <Li> Sevilla (Consular Agency) </Li> </Ul> <P> </P> </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dt> Of Spain </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Washington, D.C. (Embassy) </Li> <Li> Boston (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> Chicago (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> Houston (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> Los Angeles (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> Miami (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> New Orleans (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> New York (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> San Francisco (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> San Juan (Consulate - General) </Li> </Ul> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> <Dl> <Dt> Of United States </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Madrid (Embassy) </Li> <Li> Barcelona (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> Valencia (Consular Agency) </Li> <Li> Las Palmas (Consular Agency) </Li> <Li> Fuengirola (Consular Agency) </Li> <Li> Palma de Mallorca (Consular Agency) </Li> <Li> Sevilla (Consular Agency) </Li> </Ul> <P> </P> </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dt> Of Spain </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Washington, D.C. (Embassy) </Li> <Li> Boston (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> Chicago (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> Houston (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> Los Angeles (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> Miami (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> New Orleans (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> New York (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> San Francisco (Consulate - General) </Li> <Li> San Juan (Consulate - General) </Li> </Ul> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr>

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