Zelensky arrives in Spain and meets with Sánchez to signal the safety settlement with the Authorities

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Madrid.-The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, is already in Spain, the place this Monday he plans to signal a safety settlement with the Spanish Authorities.

That is the Ukrainian’s first bilateral go to, though Zelensky has already been to Spain in multilateral conferences, and it’s a journey that he needed to cancel on Could 17 because of the evolution of the warfare in his nation in opposition to Russia.

This Sunday, Zelensky once more known as on world leaders to extend their help in air protection.

The king himself obtained Zelensky on the tarmac on the Barajas airport, an uncommon gesture by the monarch throughout visits by international heads of state. The final time Felipe VI went to obtain a international chief was in June 2022 with the president of the USA, Joe Biden.

Afterwards, Zelensky went to Moncloa, the place he’s anticipated to signal with the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, a bilateral safety pact by which Spain undertakes to proceed offering army help to withstand the Russian invasion.

Upon the Ukrainian’s arrival, each greeted one another with a handshake on the doorways of the Council of Ministers constructing. Flanked by the flags of Spain, Ukraine and the EU, they exchanged a couple of phrases and posed for photojournalists earlier than going inside to carry their assembly.

Later there will likely be a lunch on the Royal Palace, preceded by a speech by Felipe VI. Within the followingnoon, Zelensky will go to Congress and meet with the teams’ spokespersons.

This Monday is Zelensky’s first go to to Spain inside the framework of bilateral relations between the 2 international locations, though he was in Granada final October for the summit of the European Political Neighborhood through the Spanish presidency of the EU.

The Head of State introduced the cancellation of the journey scheduled on Could 17 with out detailing the explanations, though Zelensky’s workplace later indicated that he wanted to concentrate on the scenario on the brand new entrance opened by Russia within the northeastern area of Kharkiv.RTVE.