Spain’s PM on Thursday known as on the worldwide neighborhood to “elevate its voice” to forestall the plight of Palestinians from being forgotten, throughout a gathering with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmud Abbas.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez additionally repeated Madrid’s assist for a two-state answer, describing it as “the one potential answer” to the Israeli-Palestinian battle.
He harassed that the current ceasefire within the Israel-Hamas struggle in Gaza should be actual and never “fictitious”, and insisted that assaults on civilians should finish.
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“The yr 2025 has been horrible for the Palestinian individuals,” the Socialist prime minister mentioned as he stood alongside Abbas in Madrid.
“Genuine peace should be primarily based on justice. Those answerable for this genocide shall be held accountable, ultimately.”
Abbas thanked Spain for recognising the State of Palestine in May 2024 and praised Madrid’s management in constructing a world coalition to broaden recognition. He additionally known as for an finish to violence in Gaza and the West Bank.
Spain, the place assist for the Palestinian trigger is robust, has been one in every of Europe’s most vocal critics of Israel’s army offensive in Gaza following the Hamas assaults of October 7, 2023 that started the struggle.
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