Open To Sending Troops To Palestine For Peacekeeping: Spain's PM Sanchez

Last Updated:January 08, 2026, 18:57 IST

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez also reaffirmed Spain's willingness to deploy troops to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. (File/Reuters)

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday said that Spain is ready to send troops to the Gaza Strip for peacekeeping. Speaking to a gathering of Spanish ambassadors in Madrid, Sanchez said the troops can be sent “when the opportunity presents itself."

He also reaffirmed Spain’s willingness to deploy troops to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.

“I will propose to parliament, when the opportunity presents itself, that we send peacekeeping troops to Palestine, once we can see how to advance this task of pacification," Sanchez was quoted by AFP as saying.

“Of course, we have not forgotten Palestine and the Gaza Strip… Spain must actively participate in rebuilding hope in Palestine. The situation there remains intolerable."

As per a report by AFP, Sanchez also reaffirmed Spain’s willingness to deploy troops to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal, calling the current moment “critical" and “decisive" for achieving peace there.

“If Spain has sent peacekeeping troops to many regions far from our country, how could we not send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, a European country?" he added.

Notably, Russian President Vladimir Putin is against having any foreign peacekeeping troops on Ukrainian soil.

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