will travel to Spain next week. The president of Ukraine, within the framework of his official visit, will attend the Congress of Deputies next Tuesdayas parliamentary sources have informed EFE.
In the Lower House, the Ukrainian president will be received by the president of the , Francina Armengol, and by the president of the Senate, Pedro Rollán. Specifically, Zelensky will meet with both in the Hall of Lost Steps of the Palace of Cortes.
In this way, Zelensky resumes the trip to Spain that had to be canceled in April this year so that the Ukrainian leader could attend the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican.
Before setting foot on Spanish territory, The president of Ukraine will be in Paris on Mondaywhere he will be received by his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron (with whom he will discuss the security guarantees that kyiv’s allies can offer if a ceasefire is achieved with Russia) and From there it will travel to Madrid.
In the absence of the complete agenda for this trip to Spain being announced, it is likely that Zelensky goes to the Reina Sofía National Museum of Art Center to a work of art that has become an international symbol of the rejection of war.
The Ukrainian president was in Spain in 2022, when gave a speech before the Cortes in which he referred precisely to the bombing of the Basque city by German troops during the Civil War to compare it with the situation in his country, attacked by Russia: “We are in April 2022, but it seems like we are in April 1937.”
The Government will take advantage of its presence to convey their full support and the need to continue putting pressure on Russiaas recently announced by government sources.
On October 21, Zelensky agreedin a telephone conversation with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, a new meeting between both that has not yet been announced by Moncloa.
In that conversation the Ukrainian president thanked Spain for sending 70 generators to support the reconstruction of the country’s energy system in the face of constant Russian bombing.
