Iberian Pact

Portuguese–Spanish Treaty of Friendship and Non-Aggression
Type	Non-Aggression Pact
Signed	17 March 1939
Location	Lisbon, Portugal
Expiration	2 November 1977
Signatories	Nicolás Franco; António de Oliveira Salazar;
Parties	Francoist Spain; Estado Novo (Portugal);
Languages	Spanish; Portuguese;

The Iberian Pact (Pacto Ibérico) or Peninsular Pact, formally the Portuguese–Spanish Treaty of Friendship and Non-Aggression, was a non-aggression pact that was signed at Lisbon, just a few days before the end of the Spanish Civil War, on 17 March 1939 by Portuguese Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, representing Portugal, and Ambassador Nicolás Franco, representing Spain. The treaty was ratified on 25 March 1939.

The Iberian Pact marked the beginning of a new phase in Iberian relations, and regular meetings between Franco and Salazar played a fundamental role in the new political arrangement. The pact proved to be a decisive instrument in keeping the Iberian Peninsula out of Hitler's continental system. An additional protocol to the pact was signed on 29 July 1940, after the Fall of France.

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