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 Ukraine |  Spain |
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| Embassy of Spain, Kyiv | Embassy of Ukraine, Madrid |
Relations between Spain and Ukraine were established in January 1992, some time after the Ukrainian independence. Spain is a member of the European Union, which Ukraine applied for in 2022. Both nations are members of the Council of Europe.
During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), the Ukrainian Cossacks participated on the side of the Spanish-Portuguese Catholic alliance against the Protestant coalition supported by the Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Ukrainian brigades recruited from the Western Communists fought on the Republican side. [1]
Spain and Ukraine established formal diplomatic relations on 30 January 1992. [2] Soon after, in February 1992, Spain opened a permanent diplomatic mission in Kyiv. [3] Both countries signed a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation which entered into force in August 1997. [4]
There is a fluid political dialogue between the two countries.[ weasel words ] The humanitarian aspect of the relationship has been strengthened with the programs of Spanish associations to welcome Ukrainian children in Spanish families during the period of school holidays and the presence of an important colony of Ukrainian citizens in Spain, which has contributed to the development of Spain and which is fully integrated in the Spanish society. [5]
In 2020, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture signed a memorandum of understanding seeking to increase collaboration in the scope of agriculture and food industry. [6]
In January 2022, amid the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez asserted the Spanish support to the "sovereignty and territorial integrity" of Ukraine. [7] On 21 February 2022, Sánchez "condemned" the Russian recognition of LPR and DPR, promising a coordinated response alongside Spain's partners. [8]
On 25 February 2022, after the 24 February all-out Russian invasion of Ukraine, the last remaining staff from the Spanish embassy in Kyiv (diplomatic service and GEO agents charged with the security) left in a convoy headed to the west of Ukraine. [9] In addition to humanitary aid, the Spanish Government approved the delivery of batches of lethal aid to Ukraine, including 1,370 anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launchers. [10] The Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration enabled reception, attention and relocation centres (CREADE) for Ukrainian refugees in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Barcelona, Alicante and Málaga, resolving around 40,000 applications for temporary protection over the course of the first three weeks of the conflict. [11] During a video conference delivered before the Spanish Congress of Deputies, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Spanish companies who had stopped doing business in Russia while calling reluctant companies Maxam Explosives, Porcelanosa and Sercobe to do the same. [12]
On 18 April 2022, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez announced the imminent reopening of the embassy in Kyiv. [13] On 21 April, Sánchez travelled to Kyiv, meeting with Zelensky and announcing the dispatch of the largest batch of weapons to Ukraine to date, with over 200 tonnes of military hardware in route to Poland in the Ysabel (A-06) ship. [14] The Spanish embassy in Kyiv reopened on 22 April 2022. [15]
On 30 November 2022, an employee working at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid was injured when a letter (reportedly intended for Ukrainian ambassador Serhil Pohoreltsev) that they were handling exploded. [16]
The bilateral Ukraine–Spain trade figures have been increasing since the mid-2008 crisis. The Spanish trade balance with Ukraine registers a traditional deficit. In 2014 the trade deficit stood at €884 M, somewhat higher than 2013, which was €687M. This was mainly due to a 32% drop in Spanish exports to Ukraine due to the deep economic crisis that the country was going through. Both quantitatively reduced exports and imports represent a small percentage of Spain's total foreign trade. In 2014, Ukraine was ranked 61 as a buyer in Spain and 45 as a seller to it. [17]
Ukraine is not a priority country in the Master Plan of Spanish Cooperation. However, there are some cooperation programs in different social fields, as well as specific decentralized cooperation projects. The Spanish Administration is currently running several twinning programs of the EU in Ukraine. [18]
On 5 October 2022, [19] the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) announced the addition of Ukraine to the Spain-Portugal joint bid for FIFA World Cup 2030.
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