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Posted on February 17, 2025
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Spain opposes early troop deployment to Ukraine, emphasizing negotiations should not reward Russian aggression, as peace remains elusive.
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain poured cold water on Monday on a British proposal to send peacekeepers to Ukraine and said negotiations to end the three-year war should not end up rewarding Russian aggression.
"It is too early at this time to speak about deploying troops to Ukraine as there is no peace at the moment," Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters ahead of an emergency summit of European leaders on the Ukraine war.
U.S. President Donald Trump stunned European allies and Ukraine last week when he announced he had held a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and would start a peace process.
"A war of aggression cannot be rewarded, we cannot encourage others to launch wars of aggression," Albares also said in an interview with radio station Onda Cero. "Today I'm convinced Putin will keep attacking and bombing Ukraine. So I do not see peace on the horizon at the moment."
(Reporting by Inti Landauro and Emma Pinedo, Editing by Pietro Lombardi and Andrew Cawthorne)
The main topic is Spain's opposition to early troop deployment to Ukraine amid ongoing conflict and peace negotiations.
Spain believes it is too early to discuss troop deployment as there is no peace in Ukraine yet.
Trump announced a call with Putin and a start to a peace process, surprising European allies.
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