Spain will finance the acquisition of US weapons for Ukraine with 100 million euros | Spain | EUROtoday

Spain will mobilize 817 million euros in assist of Ukraine, together with 100 million for the acquisition of American weapons – primarily anti-aircraft missiles to guard power infrastructures from Russian bombings – by NATO. The Spanish contribution shall be included in an order of 500 million coordinated by the Atlantic Alliance by the PURL program (acronym in English for “Priority Requirements List for Ukraine”), to satisfy probably the most urgent wants of the Ukrainian Army. This was introduced by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in a joint look at La Moncloa with Volodímir Zelenski, which culminated the third go to to Spain of the Ukrainian president.

Of the 817 million, 615 million correspond to new army gear that shall be accomplished earlier than the tip of the 12 months: 300 million of bilateral assist; one other 215 by the SAFE program of the European Union and the remaining, the aforementioned 100 million, to American weapons. These quantities have been already offered for within the protection and safety cooperation settlement that, value 1 billion yearly, Sánchez and Zelenski signed final 12 months. In addition, the Government will launch a credit score program to finance with 200 million the participation of Spanish corporations within the reconstruction of sectors comparable to water, power and transportation; and can contribute two million to a United Nations program to revive heating within the city of Sammar, with 28,000 residents

Presidents Pedro Sánchez and Zelenski have closed the Spanish participation on this program through the assembly they’re presently holding in La Moncloa.

The Ukrainian president is on an official go to to Spain from France and Greece as a part of a tour that seeks to steer his European allies to extend army assist to the invaded nation. Zelensky has begun his third go to to Spain by attending Congress, the place he was acquired by the president of the Lower House, Francina Armengol, and the president of the Senate, Pedro Rollán. Afterwards, he had lunch with the King and met on the Indra headquarters with executives from a dozen Spanish corporations.