The President of the Government of Spain attends the ceremony to sign the Middle East Peace Plan in Egypt

Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt)

The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the United States, Donald Trump, greet each other at the signing ceremony of the Middle East Peace Plan (Pool Moncloa/Borja Puig de la Bellacasa)

Spain is approaching this moment with hope and recognises the fundamental role of the decisive mediation by the United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, whose leadership has been key to bringing positions closer together and making progress towards peace. It also highlights the solidarity of the civilian population in the face of the suffering in Gaza, which has mobilised an unprecedented wave of humanity, especially in our country.

The Government of Spain welcomes the release of the hostages and prisoners, and stresses that the challenge now is to ensure the full implementation of the political, security and humanitarian provisions of the agreement, and calls for a path towards a just and lasting peace in the region.

The leaders of Qatar, Egypt, the United States, and Türkiye sign an end to the war in Gaza | Pool Moncloa/Borja Puig de la Bellacasa

The Executive highlights three priorities: first, to provide urgent and massive-scale humanitarian aid; second, to consolidate peace and security measures to avoid a new conflict, based on the Arab Peace Initiative and the New York Declaration; and third, to move towards the implementation of the two-state solution, taking concrete and irreversible steps towards the creation of a viable Palestinian state, while ensuring the security and full recognition of the State of Israel.

The Government of Spain reaffirms its defence of the multilateral system and international law, and evokes the spirit of the 1991 Madrid Conference and the Oslo Accords, calling for this moment to become a turning point towards a future of peace, justice and coexistence in the Middle East.

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