As included in the programme of the X informal Meeting of Arraiolos Group Heads of State, held in Tibães, the Presidents of the participating countries visited, in Braga, the Iberian International Nanotechnology Laboratory.

Received by the Director of the Laboratory, the Swede Lars Montelius, and by the Secretary of State for Science, Leonor Parreira, the President of the Republic and his counterparts participating in the Meeting, heard a presentation concerning the unit and later partially viewed its facilities, namely the specialized laboratories.