Pedro Sanchez: Spain Supports Lebanon In This Difficult Period

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during a telephone conversation with Livan Mikati Prime Minister “expressed his solidarity and support in this difficult period.”

“I just spoke with Livan Prime Minister and expressed his solidarity and support to him in this difficult period, which is experiencing his country. It is necessary to respect international law and international humanitarian law, as well as the territorial integrity of Lebanon.” Spain increased the volume of humanitarian assistance to help the civilian population of Lebanon, ”he said.

“We must stop this war,” Sanchez emphasized, calling on to the immediate cessation of fire in Gaza and Lebanon.

A telephone conversation between Sanchez and Mikati took place immediately after several military aircraft of the Spanish Air Force flew out of Madrid to Beirut to evacuate Spanish citizens in Lebanon.

The Spanish Emergency Committee announced the activation of two protocols for Lebanon and Gaza, for which the government announced the allocation of emergency assistance in the amount of 1 million euros at the first stage, which will subsequently increase to 5 million euros. Six Spanish non -governmental organizations also support humanitarian aid in Lebanon and Gaza.