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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Spain should be ready to send troops to a future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, insisting the country must “actively participate” in building Europe’s new security order, according to his latest address.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will begin talks next week with most parliamentary groups on authorizing a future deployment of Spanish peacekeeping troops to Ukraine once the war ends, a move that would require approval in Spain’s fragmented Congress, according to El País on January 7.
El País reported that Sánchez plans to meet all parties except the far-right Vox as he seeks backing for a mission tied to monitoring and enforcing any ceasefire or peace agreement, but the government has not yet detailed the terms it would put to lawmakers.
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The newspaper said the effort is complicated by strained relations between Sánchez’s Socialists and several parties that support his minority government, while the main opposition People’s Party has so far declined to commit support, with one party official quoted as saying it would not take a position until it knows the conditions of the mission.
In his latest address, Sánchez said Spain should be ready to contribute troops to a future peace mission in Ukraine, arguing that the country must “actively participate” in building a new European security architecture and will support Kyiv “as long as necessary.”
El País said several of Sánchez’s partners have avoided offering unconditional backing, with some signaling any involvement would depend on a multilateral mandate, such as from the UN or OSCE, and others rejecting the idea outright.
The debate follows Sánchez’s appearance at a meeting in Paris of the Coalition of the Willing, a group of 35 countries discussing responses to Russia’s invasion, and comes as the government argues Spain has a long record of participating in overseas peace missions.
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At the same time, Spain has announced a $2.2 billion investment plan to build and supply advanced military drones for NATO and European armed forces, including new facilities in León and Valladolid that officials said should begin operating in 2026–2027.
The report said the expansion comes as Madrid keeps up support for Ukraine, including additional air defense assistance such as the planned delivery of a Lanza LTR-25 early-warning radar to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Earlier, it was reported that Ukraine’s president and the leaders of France and the UK signed a declaration to set up a “Multinational Force for Ukraine” intended to support postwar security, including protection of skies and seas and support for rebuilding Ukraine’s armed forces.
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