Madrid, Apr 10 (EFE).- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, while presenting a report on foreign policy before the Congress of Deputies on Wednesday, said Spain was ready to recognize the state of Palestine.

Sanchez said that the Palestinian state should be recognized because it is the right thing, is in the geopolitical interest of Europe and because the international community will not be able to help the Palestinian state if it does not recognize its existence.

In this regard, both the prime minister and his foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares have been visiting countries in the European Union and the Middle East to gather support for the recognition of Palestine.

Sanchez revealed that on Friday he was to begin a tour of European countries to get more people to join their initiative, which he claimed has been increasingly gaining supporters.

He also underlined that only with the recognition of the Palestinian state can peace and security in the region be guaranteed.

In this regard, Spain has proposed a permanent ceasefire, the immediate opening of humanitarian corridors, the holding of an international peace conference and advocated a two-state solution, Sanchez explained.

To garner support for his proposals, Sanchez is set to travel this week to Norway and Ireland to meet with their respective prime ministers and continue with contacts next week.

Next week on Monday, he is to receive the new Prime Minister of Portugal, Luis Montenegro, in Madrid, and on Tuesday he will travel to Slovenia and then to Belgium.

The head of the Spanish government outlined the scenario of a Europe surrounded by instability and conflicts, the closest of them being Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia for two years. EFE

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