April 19 () –
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, José Manuel Albares, met this Thursday with the Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, to convey his commitment to “multilateralism and peace” as a way to resolve the current conflicts in the Middle East. Ukraine and Haiti.
“At the UN headquarters I met with Secretary General Guterres. We addressed the situation in the Middle East, in Ukraine and in Haiti and Spain's commitment to multilateralism and peace,” Albares expressed on his social network account. X, formerly Twitter.
Likewise, Albares has highlighted that the UN is key to making a “constructive contribution” in the current international context, marked by an increase in tensions between different countries.
The head of Spanish diplomacy traveled to New York this Thursday, where he addressed the UN Security Council on the occasion of the debate held to address the situation in the Middle East and Palestine's request to become a full member of the United Nations. United.
During his speech, the minister defended the entry of Palestine into the organization and stated that “one more step towards that recognition” of Palestine has been taken, where Spain “has joined its voice with that of all those who believe that the place of the United Nations is the right place for the Palestinian state.