The Spanish Prime Minister received Mohammad Mustafa at the Moncloa Palace along with several of his ministers. They signed agreements on labour, education, youth and agriculture.
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00:00Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday welcomed Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed
00:06Mustafa to Madrid in what was their first intergovernmental meeting.
00:10It comes six months after Spain recognized the Palestinian state.
00:15The visit of the Palestinian Prime Minister to Spain has helped to close the ties between
00:19both countries.
00:20On the morning of this Thursday, various agreements of collaboration have been signed on different
00:25matters.
00:26According to experts consulted by Euronews, the visit of the Palestinian Prime Minister
00:30is within the institutional and diplomatic normality after the recognition of the Palestinian
00:35state by the government of Pedro Sánchez.
00:38It is within the logic of the international agenda of the president of the government.
00:43Given the international geopolitical situation, it is a meeting that has a lot of relevance,
00:48not only for Palestine, but also for Spain and for the positioning of our country.
00:53In international policy decisions, you have to have a lot of head, you have to be very
00:57careful and be prudent, and above all, be on the side of the people and the countries
01:02that defend democracy and the one that defends the rule of law.
01:06Spain's recognition of the Palestinian state has drawn strong criticism from the Israeli
01:11government.