The President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, will make an official visit to Spain next Wednesday, December 10, and will hold meetings with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Firstly He will meet with Felipe … Sixth, 12:30 pm at Lazarzuela Palace according to the agenda of the Royal House and In the afternoon, he will head to La Moncloa to meet Sanchez. As government sources indicated to Europe Press.
It’s about Abbas’s second visit to Spain After the official recognition of Palestine as a full member state in the international community, which the government did in May 2024.
A few months later, in September 2024, Sánchez received Abbas at the presidential complex, now as head of state, in a meeting in which the Arab leader thanked Spain for its continued support since the beginning of the conflict.
The visit comes on this occasion after the ceasefire agreed upon on October 10 It did not put an end to the conflict because the bombings continue And attacks launched by Israel.
Strengthening support for the Palestinian Authority
Weeks before signing the ceasefire, Sanchez’s executive approved a package of measures “against genocide” and in support of the Palestinian population, condemning Israel’s bombing of hospitals and “starving innocent children.”
In total Sanchez announced nine measures, including Spain strengthening the Palestinian Authority.Abbas himself is at the helm – by increasing the number of Spanish troops in the European Union Border Assistance Mission in Rafah and establishing new cooperation projects with the Palestinian Authority in the areas of agriculture, food security and medical assistance.
According to government sources, the main goal of this new visit is to “maintain attention on the dangerous situation in Palestine” as well as to strengthen the political and financial support that Spain provides to the Palestinian Authority in the face of challenges that it claims threaten its work and the peace process in the region.