Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi signed a safety settlement in Madrid on Monday, and Spain pledged to supply army help to Ukraine within the quantity of 1 billion euros this 12 months, together with anti-aircraft missiles. new Patriot plane and Leopard heavy tanks.
Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister and Employment Minister Yolanda Diaz, who’s the chief of the far-right Sumar get together, criticized the help promised to Ukraine as extreme.
“These are big quantities,” Diaz informed Spanish public broadcaster TVE, accusing Sánchez’s Socialist Social gathering of not being clear sufficient about its selections.
“Yesterday, we discovered from the media that this billion euros was supposed to purchase weapons for Ukraine,” the minister stated.
“Defence coverage is essential to the nation, and the individuals have the suitable to a public debate,” she stated.
The Spanish parliament accepted the help bundle, however didn’t specify who will obtain it, Spanish media stated.
Because the coalition authorities was shaped in 2020, the Socialists and “Sumar” have typically clashed on international coverage points, and the far-right get together has been extremely important of ship weapons to Ukraine.
In line with the info of the Kiel Institute, Spain has to date allotted 330 million euros for army help to Ukraine, which isn’t a lot in comparison with different European international locations.
In distinction, Berlin, Paris and Rome have allotted 18.61 billion, 5.65 billion and 1 billion euros respectively, whereas London’s contribution is 9.22 billion euros, in response to information from the Kiel Institute.
In April, Spain promised to ship an unspecified variety of Patriot air protection missile techniques to Ukraine. It has additionally despatched ten Leopard tanks.
