MADRID, April 10. /TASS/. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez assured that the kingdom is ready to recognize Palestine as a state and this meets the geopolitical interests of Europe.

Speaking at the Congress of Deputies (lower parliamentary house), the prime minister noted that "the absolutely disproportionate response of the Israeli government to the terrorist attack by [the Palestinian radical movement] Hamas negates decades of humanitarian law and threatens to destabilize the Middle East and, consequently, the whole world."

"Spain is ready to recognize Palestine," Sanchez assured. "This is fair, the social majority demands it and for the sake of Europe's geopolitical interests."

The situation in the Middle East sharply worsened after the incursion of militants of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 7, 2023, accompanied by the killing of residents of border settlements and hostage-taking. In response, Israel declared a complete siege of the Gaza Strip and started striking the enclave and parts of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.