In 1998, in the framework of the European Visitors Program of the European Union, he also visited the Spanish Autonomous Community of Galicia, which, in the following year, led to the signing of the co-operation agreement between this Spanish region and the Opole Voivodeship.
En 1998, no marco do Programa de Visitantes da Unión Europa, acudiu á Comunidade Autónoma de Galicia o que permitiu a sinatura o ano seguinte dun acordo de cooperación entre Galicia e a rexión de Opole.