7/2/2023 – Spain PM Sánchez arrives in Kyiv to meet with Zelenskyy, announces €55 mn aid package

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez delivering a speech from the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv on 1 July 2023. Photo: screenshot from a video published on Sánchez’s Twitter

From Euromaiden Press: On 1 July, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Kyiv on the occasion of the start of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Sánchez’s Twitter account published footage of his arrival in Kyiv by train, with the PM’s comment:

“I wanted the first event of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU to be in Ukraine together with [President Zelenskyy]. I will convey to your Government and Parliament all the European solidarity,” Sánchez said.

PM Sánchez addressed the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) and met with President Zelenskyy. This is the third visit of Spain’s Prime Minister to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country.

Speaking to the Parliament, Mr. Sánchez pledged to support Ukraine “for as long as it takes” and “regardless of the price to be paid,”and announced a new aid package of 55 million euros for Ukraine, according to El Mundo.

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