Spain is going to commit to Ukraine an arms package worth 1,129 million eurosan unprecedented figure in national military aid to any country, according to El País on its Monday front page.

The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskywill meet this Monday in Madrid with the head of the Government, Pedro Sanchezwith whom he is expected to sign a bilateral security agreement, and will hold a meeting with the king before attending a lunch offered in his honor and visiting Congress.

According to this newspaper, the bilateral security agreement includes military equipment supplies ranging from Patriot missiles to Leopard battle tanks, as well as a wide range of Spanish-made products such as artillery projectiles, anti-drone systems and portable rocket launchers. The agreement involves million-dollar contracts for the Spanish defense industrysince the war material will be manufactured by Spanish companies such as TRC, Indra, Escribano, Uro, Expal or Instalaza.

This Monday will be Zelensky’s first official bilateral visit to Spain, although He was already in Granada last October on the occasion of the summit of the European Political Community within the framework of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU.

The visit, initially set for May 17 but which had to be canceled due to the Russian offensive in Ukraine, was not officially confirmed until early this Sunday night by the Moncloa Palace. for security reasons. The Executive has limited itself to informing that Sánchez will receive in Moncloa to the Ukrainian president at 12:00 p.m. and then both will appear at a press conference. Shortly after this communication, the King’s House reported that Philip VI He will receive Zelensky at the Royal Palace at 2:00 p.m. and 45 minutes later the lunch that the kings will offer in his honor is scheduled. For their part, sources from the Presidency of Congress have informed EFE that the Ukrainian president will hold a meeting in the afternoon visit to the lower house.

The forecast is that Sánchez and Zelenski will sign in Moncloa the bilateral security agreement that both were going to sign on May 17 and to which the President of the Government referred in his appearance in Congress last Wednesday when he assured that it would be signed when the circumstances permitted it. An agreement similar to the one that Ukraine is signing with other countries and by which Spain undertakes to continue providing military support to Ukraine in its war conflict. Sánchez has been reiterating Spain’s support for Ukraine, as he confirmed to Zelensky in the telephone conversation they had on May 7 and in which he guaranteed that support for as long as necessary.