The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, has defended that Spain’s commitment to sending weapons to Ukraine is “long-term with sovereignty, with territorial integrity and with the defense of the people and the Government of Ukraine while this war of aggression lasts.” In an interview on Spanish National Radio, regarding the visit to Madrid this Tuesday of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, he recalled that last year Spain allocated one billion euros in military equipment and this year the goal is “reach at least that number.”
Asked about possible internal discrepancies in the Executive over this military spending, Albares assured that “The entire Government is united for peace in Ukraine, for peace in Europe” and that in this war “the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a country, its freedom” and basic principles such as “respect for human rights, international law and international humanitarian law” are at stake.
Spain has also delivered, according to the minister’s accounts, more than one hundred million in humanitarian aidhas sent 70 generators to face “a fourth very harsh winter” and has welcomed 250,000 Ukrainians, including 40,000 children attending school in Spain. He has also reiterated Madrid’s support for the reconstruction of the country, its entry into the European Union and the special court to judge Russian aggression, because one of the things that “Putin does not forgive Ukraine for is that it dreams of being one of us one day.”
He has reported that every day they see “bombings and missiles on civilian populations converted into military objectives,” something that he considers “unacceptable”, and has warned that, if it is tolerated, it would be accepting that “war will once again be an instrument of foreign policy in Europe.”
Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Spain
This Tuesday, Volodymyr Zelensky makes his third official visit to Spain with an agenda focused on strengthening military and political support for Ukraine. After securing the supply of up to one hundred Rafale fighter planes during his stop in Paris with Emmanuel Macron, the Ukrainian wants details on his visit to Spain.
In the morning, the Ukrainian president plans to hold a meeting in Madrid with a dozen Spanish companies of defense at the Indra headquarters, within the diplomatic offensive to guarantee arms supplies and industrial cooperation in the middle of the war with Russia.
At noon he will be received by Felipe VI at the Zarzuela Palace, where a meeting followed by a lunch in his honor is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. You will also visit the Reina Sofía Museum to see ePablo Picasso’s Guernica a work against the horrors of war.
In the afternoon, Zelensky will travel tol Palace of the Moncloa pto meet with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, around 5:00 p.m. with the aim of closing a agreement for Spain to finance the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine within the framework of PURL program for purchasing weapons for Ukraine by NATO; After the signing of the commitments, both leaders will offer a joint press conference around 6:30 p.m.
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