Too early to discuss troop deployment to Ukraine, says Spain

FILE PHOTO: 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos
FILE PHOTO: Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares looks on as he attends the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
Source: REUTERS

Spain poured cold water on Monday on a British proposal to send peacekeepers to Ukraine and said negotiations to end the three-year war should not end up rewarding Russian aggression.

"It is too early at this time to speak about deploying troops to Ukraine as there is no peace at the moment," Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters ahead of an emergency summit of European leaders on the Ukraine war.

U.S. President Donald Trump stunned European allies and Ukraine last week when he announced he had held a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and would start a peace process.

"A war of aggression cannot be rewarded, we cannot encourage others to launch wars of aggression," Albares also said in an interview with radio station Onda Cero. "Today I'm convinced Putin will keep attacking and bombing Ukraine. So I do not see peace on the horizon at the moment."

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