Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez this Monday welcomed the efforts of United Nations Secretary General António Guterres for peace in Ukraine and for food security in the world, following a meeting between the two in Madrid.
Sanchez transferred to Guterres “Spanish support for the United Nations system’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine and alleviate the world’s food insecurity situation caused by Russian aggression,” This is according to a statement from the Spanish government.
On the other hand, the leader of the Spanish executive, according to the same information note, “reaffirmed at the meeting Spain’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Summit to be held in September,” coinciding with the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), in the second half of this year.
According to a statement from António Guterres’s office, the UN Secretary-General “thanked Spain’s active support for the United Nations and multilateralism” in talking to Sánchez.
In addition to the war and issues related to the export of Ukrainian grain and Russian food and fertilizer products, Guterres and Sánchez discussed this Monday “the situations in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Western Sahara”, the “current challenges to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” and the UN initiatives related to “the international financial architecture”, according to the same statement.
Sánchez and Guterres met this Monday in Madrid, at the headquarters of the Spanish government, on the day the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General arrived in Spain to hear the European Carlos v.
The award ceremony will take place at the Monastery of Yuste, Cáceres, and will be attended by the President and Prime Minister of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and António Costa.
Also present are the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, the Spanish Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, the Secretary General of the Ibero-American Community, Andrés Allamand, and the President of the Regional Government of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernandez Vara. , among other personalities.
The European Carlos V Prize recognizes the work of “people, organisations, projects or initiatives that have contributed to the general knowledge and improvement of Europe’s cultural, social, scientific and historical values, as well as to the process of European construction and integration”. according to the Foundation of the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste, which awards it.
This Spanish foundation has King Felipe VI as “Honorary President” and has already awarded this prize to two other Portuguese, former President of the Republic Jorge Sampaio (in 2004) and former Prime Minister and former President of the European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso (in 2014).
Jacques Delors, Wilfried Martens, Felipe González, Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl, Simone Veil, Javier Solana and Angela Merkel were other personalities who previously received this award.
António Guterres will receive the 16th European Carlos V Prize on Tuesday, which the jury awards to him “for his credible, broad and long life trajectory dedicated to social engagement, the process of European construction, the promotion of multilateralism and dignity at the core of his work. ” , addressing global challenges and crises”.
For the jury, the UN Secretary-General and former Portuguese Prime Minister was “a fundamental figure in a period of unprecedented change and with dire consequences for Europe and the world”.
“With his tenacious work, he has promoted actions to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, address the climate crisis and deliver ambitious reforms to meet the challenges of the 21st century,” said the decision of the jury. known in March past.
The award ceremony coincides with Europe Day, an event celebrated on May 9 on the occasion of the historic ‘Schuman Declaration’ [Robert Schuman, o ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros de França em 1950]”, considered the founding moment of the current EU.
Source: DN
