The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has declared Monday in kyiv, after being asked about the purchase of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) by Spain, that this type of operations are made through “private contracts.” The chief of the Executive has spoken in a press conference -in which his Ukrainian counterpart also participated, Volodimir Zelenski– in which he added that “both the government and the Spanish society” have “the political will” of Find other suppliers.
Sanchez has underlined his government’s will to increase imports from other origins, in addition to clarifying that the main Suppliers From LNG to Spain they are now in North Africa and North America.
The president recalled that Spain has supported all EU sanctions packages against Russiain addition to reaffirming Spanish support to “the full sovereignty of Ukraine”: “Only Ukraine can decide, it must be at the negotiating table.”
Support Summit
Before, during his speech at the Support Summit to Ukraine, held in kyiv, Sánchez has announced that Spain will offer “a new military assistance package by value of one billion euros In 2025 “. He added that only a” sustainable peace “will be achieved if Europe participates in the negotiations and has warned about the possibility that the end of the war will remain” simply in a high fire. ”
Sanchez has also expressed his government’s commitment to the entry of Ukraine into the EU and has said that he will drive The participation of Spanish companies in the reconstruction of the country. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has assured in this sense that if Ukraine continues to implement reforms “with speed and quality”, he could enter the EU “before 2030”.
The kyiv summit coincides with the Third Anniversary of the Russian invasion. In full climb of tensions to achieve a peace agreement that ends the conflict, European leaders demand the presence of the EU in negotiations and maintain contact with the United States to achieve it.
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