US EditionSpain Open to Sending Troops to Ukraine and Palestine
Prime Minister Sánchez plans to propose peacekeeping deployments to support pacification in Palestine and peace efforts in Ukraine during a critical period, Spain's government said.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Spain is ready to send peacekeeping troops to Palestine `when the opportunity presents itself` and will propose this to Spanish parliament to advance `this task of pacification`.
- The Spanish government recognised the State of Palestine in 2024 and has criticised Israel's Gaza offensive after the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, with Sánchez calling the situation intolerable.
- On Ukraine, Sánchez reaffirmed Spain's willingness to deploy troops if a peace deal occurs, arguing Spain's peacekeeping history justifies aiding Ukraine as a European country.
- With Sánchez calling the moment `critical` and `decisive`, Russian President Vladimir Putin's opposition to foreign peacekeepers in Ukraine complicates Spain's deployment offers.
- Framing the missions as reconstruction, Madrid said Spain's peacekeeping experience justifies advancing pacification and rebuilding hope amid an intolerable situation in the Gaza Strip and Ukraine.
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So far, only France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Estonia and Lithuania have said they are ready to participate in the "multinational force" referred to on Tuesday by the "Coalition of Volunteers".
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Big Words, No Plan: Sánchez Floats Troops for Palestine
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, raised the prospect of deploying peacekeeping troops to Palestine, even though there is no peace plan or a clear international mandate. The announcement, framed as part of Spain’s commitment to “multilateralism and global stability,” echoes Sánchez’s repeated offer to send troops to Ukraine—a conflict in which Spain plays no meaningful role in the actual peace talks. In his speech, Sánchez spoke of a “sensi…
"I will propose to Parliament, when this opportunity arises, that we can deploy peacekeeping troops to Palestine," said the Spanish Prime Minister on Thursday.
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