After being decorated by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) this Tuesday at the Casa Árabe in Madrid, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares stressed the need to implement irreversible measures to end the suffering in Gaza and the West Bank.

Albares received the Star of Merit of the Order of the State of Palestine from Ambassador Husni Abdelwahed, which was awarded by PNA President Mahmoud Abbas.

“Spain will always stand with the Palestinian people, with their dignity and their right to live in peace and security, exactly the same right that the rest of the countries in the region and every human being have,” the Foreign Minister emphasized.

“Spain will always stand with the Palestinian people, with their dignity and their right to live in peace and security, exactly the same right that the rest of the countries in the region and every human being have,” the Foreign Minister remarked. In accepting the award, the diplomat said it serves to reinforce not only his personal commitment to Palestine, but also that of the majority of Spanish society to the just cause of peace and to the very idea of ​​humanity, which is being questioned today.

He recalled that in May 2014, Spain decided to recognize Palestine as a state, a step that many other countries have followed and which represents the true and only possible path to peaceful coexistence in the Middle East.

He also noted that, while some positive steps have been taken to end the suffering of the people of Gaza, they are still far from ending a cycle of infernal violence that deprives the citizens of the Strip of their most basic rights.

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