The Ukrainian president will meet with the Spanish president to establish security agreements. In addition, he is scheduled to have lunch with the king at the Royal Palace.
He President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, will make an official visit to Madrid on Friday, as announced on Tuesday by the Spanish Royal Family. The reason is to achieve a military aid agreement to combat attacks from Russia, with whom it has been at war since 2022.
On his second visit to Spain, the president will be received at noon by the king Philip VI before an official luncheon in his honor at the Madrid’s royal palaceas indicated in the agenda of the Royal Family.
According to the newspaper El País, during the meeting of the Ukrainian president with his Spanish counterpart, an agreement will be signed to guarantee military support from Madrid to kyivthe Ukrainian capital, while the conflict in the territory continues.
War with Russia: Ukraine seeks military help from the West
Ukraine has already signed bilateral security agreements with France, Germany and the United Kingdom. The agreement in the Spanish city would be signed in the middle of a russian offensive in the northeast of the country that caused the evacuation of thousands of people.
In the latest announcement about military aid to kyiv, Spain decided at the end of April to send missiles for Patriot air defense systems.
Source: Ambito
