Spain's Catalonia and Aragon regions to bid for 2030 Winter Olympics, say reports

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows Barcelona with Montjuic Castle in the background, Spain, October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

(Reuters) - Spain's Catalonia and Aragon regions have reached an agreement to submit a joint bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, Spanish media said on Monday.

Barcelona-based newspaper La Vanguardia reported that Spain's Olympic Committee president Alejandro Blanco sent a formal letter to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and local executives with the details about the bid that will be presented to the International Olympic Committee in due course.