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Obama lands in Madrid for abbreviated visit to Spain

United States President Barack Obama addresses the media during a news conference at the NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, July 9, 2016. U.S. President Barack Obama and other NATO leaders attended a second day of a summit meeting in Warsaw expected to lead to decisions about Afghanistan, the central Mediterranean and Iraq. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
United States President Barack Obama addresses the media during a news conference at the NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, July 9, 2016. U.S. President Barack Obama and other NATO leaders attended a second day of a summit meeting in Warsaw expected to lead to decisions about Afghanistan, the central Mediterranean and Iraq. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) United States President Barack Obama addresses the media during a news conference at the NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, July 9, 2016. U.S. President Barack Obama and other NATO leaders attended a second day of a summit meeting in Warsaw expected to lead to decisions about Afghanistan, the central Mediterranean and Iraq. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

MADRID (AP) – President Barack Obama has arrived in Spain for an abbreviated visit to the NATO ally.

Air Force One landed at Torrej?n Air Base outside of Madrid.

Obama plans meetings in Madrid with Spanish leaders and a visit with King Don Felipe IV. He’ll also travel to the U.S. Naval Station Rota to address troops.

The White House says the visit will highlight security cooperation between the two nations and a strong political and economic relationship.

The president had planned a stop in Seville, for some sightseeing. But he cut his trip short a day after the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas Thursday night.

Obama flew from Poland, where he attended a NATO summit.