WASHINGTON: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday (Jul 11) urged the West to reject “double requirements” concerning the battle in Gaza as he joined NATO leaders in supporting Ukraine.
Spain beneath Sanchez has infuriated Israel’s right-wing authorities by recognising a Palestinian state and criticising Israel’s conduct in its battle towards Hamas.
“If we’re telling our people who we’re supporting Ukraine as a result of we’re defending the worldwide regulation, this is identical to what we’ve to do in direction of Gaza,” he stated at NATO’s seventy fifth anniversary summit in Washington.
The socialist chief stated there ought to be a “constant political place” during which “we do not have double requirements”.
Sanchez stated the world wanted to press to “cease this horrible humanitarian disaster” affecting the Palestinians and referred to as for a global peace convention to push for a Palestinian state.
“We have to create the situations for an instantaneous and pressing ceasefire,” he stated. “There’s a actual threat of escalation to Lebanon.”
Sanchez stated he additionally supported “democracy, freedom and the appropriate to exist of a rustic equivalent to Ukraine”.
NATO leaders on the summit issued a declaration that stated Kyiv was on an “irreversible” path to affix the alliance.
