Sanchez reiterates support for a Palestinian state and signs cooperation agreements amid ongoing Gaza war

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The Spanish Prime Minister received Mohammad Mustafa at the Moncloa Palace along with several of his ministers. They signed agreements on labour, education, youth and agriculture.

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00:00Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday welcomed Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed

00:06Mustafa to Madrid in what was their first intergovernmental meeting.

00:10It comes six months after Spain recognized the Palestinian state.

00:15The visit of the Palestinian Prime Minister to Spain has helped to close the ties between

00:19both countries.

00:20On the morning of this Thursday, various agreements of collaboration have been signed on different

00:25matters.

00:26According to experts consulted by Euronews, the visit of the Palestinian Prime Minister

00:30is within the institutional and diplomatic normality after the recognition of the Palestinian

00:35state by the government of Pedro Sánchez.

00:38It is within the logic of the international agenda of the president of the government.

00:43Given the international geopolitical situation, it is a meeting that has a lot of relevance,

00:48not only for Palestine, but also for Spain and for the positioning of our country.

00:53In international policy decisions, you have to have a lot of head, you have to be very

00:57careful and be prudent, and above all, be on the side of the people and the countries

01:02that defend democracy and the one that defends the rule of law.

01:06Spain's recognition of the Palestinian state has drawn strong criticism from the Israeli

01:11government.

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