After aborting at the last minute the visit to Spain planned for last week due to the “difficult situation” that occurred on several fronts of the war, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, will land on Spanish soil this coming Sunday to complete an intense agenda the next day. official.
This is the first official visit of the Ukrainian president to Spain, despite the fact that Zelensky already participated last October in the summit of the European Political Community that was held in Granada, during the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU.
In the absence of knowing the details, the visit, advanced by the Ser channel, will comply with the roadmap planned a few days ago, including a visit to Zarzuela, to meet with King Felipe VI, and another to La Moncloa, to chat with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and sign a bilateral security agreement between Spain and Ukraine.
Zelensky already has bilateral security agreements sealed with other European countries, such as Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, has highlighted in recent days that this new bilateral security agreement with Spain seeks to “give predictability to Ukraine” regarding the support it will receive in military and security matters, in the long term and in an sustained over time, as other European countries are already doing.
A few days before, last Tuesday, May 7, President Sánchez had a telephone conversation with Zelensky in which he reiterated Spain’s support for Ukraine “for as long as necessary” and also confirmed his participation in the Peace Conference being held. in Switzerland in the month of June.
In that conversation they also addressed the progress of the security agreement, which at that time still had some “things to close” as Moncloa sources indicated at the time and is now ready to be signed.
