Thursday, March 28

“Europe’s relationship with Russia will never be the same again”


  • Albares has assured that the next NATO summit that will take place in Madrid in June will be the space where the orientation of the next 10 years of the world relationship with Russia will be decided

“The Europe’s relationship with Russia It will never be the same again,” he assured. Jose Manuel Albares at the thirty-seventh meeting of the Circle of Economy in Barcelona. “This conflict reminds us in a violent way that outside the borders of Europe there are authoritarian threats to which we have to give answers”, defended the head of foreign affairs in his speech.

Likewise, Albares has assured that the next NATO summit that will take place in Madrid in June will be the space where the response of the next 10 years of the Western allies to the Russian challenge. In it, he assured that the ways of protecting oneself from the “challenges of the southern flank that threaten us just like those of the eastern flank with the irregular migration and the energy dependency” for which he has assured that it will be necessary to “provide an authentic political dimension” to the defensive alliance and agree on a fair distribution of burdens.

Regarding the supply crisis that Europe is suffering as a result of the sanctions imposed on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, Alabres has assured that “we have to resolutely reject the unacceptable and political use of the supplies of gas either Petroleum to try to alter the sovereignty of a country or influence its decisions”. “Energy dependency has made us vulnerable and we have become aware of it”, the minister assured.

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As a result of the war in Ukraine, Albares stressed the need to increase Spanish investment in Defense and assured that “we must increase the defensive ability and invest more and better in the Spanish defense industry”.

Espionage with ‘Pegasus’

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This morning, in an interview on ‘La 2’, the Foreign Minister, asked about the management of the espionage with ‘Pegasus’ on independentistas, has maintained that the Government moves within the parameters of “legality, rule of law and transparency” and has asked for time to clarify the facts, after recalling that there is an ongoing judicial investigation. He has ruled out that no State institution is behind the illegal espionage on the cell phones of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, and the Defense Minister, Margaret Oaks, and has suggested that it could be the work of a non-governmental agent, and not necessarily a country: “The external agent is not named.”

Yesterday, at a press conference after the meeting between Albares and his Greek counterpart, the foreign minister ruled out the possibility that it is the Government of Morocco the one behind the wiretaps. Albares refused to go into “conjectures” because “international relations are based on facts, not conjectures. The first thing is to clarify the facts, and then the decisions that have to be made will be made.


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