<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>Madrid will host the meeting of the Ukraine Support Group (G5+) this Monday, which will also include the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas; the European Commissioner for Defense, Andrius Kubilius; and the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrii Sybiha.</strong></h4> “Next Monday we have a meeting of the G5+ group, which includes the five largest countries in Europe, along with the United Kingdom, and the High Representative, the Defense Commissioner, and the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs will also be there,” Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares announced Wednesday night during an interview on the program '24 Horas' on Spanish National Radio. “He is fully aware of the support Spain provides, and that it will give him as much time as necessary,” he added. The meeting will take place at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Viana Palace. The G5+ (also known as "Weimar Plus") is a coordination group between the main European countries (Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine, with the participation of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy). Its objective is to facilitate dialogue and consultation on issues affecting European security, and in particular, support for Ukraine. It has met in this format three times: in Warsaw on November 19 (coinciding with the completion of the "thousand days" of war in Ukraine), in Berlin on December 12, and in Paris on February 12. Therefore, the Madrid meeting will be the fourth G5+ meeting. The latest meeting was held in the French capital one day after US President Donald Trump announced that he had reached an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin "immediate negotiations" to end the war in Ukraine. In response, the G5+ members pledged in a joint statement to "put Ukraine in a position of strength" for peace negotiations and warned that "Ukraine and Europe must be part of any negotiations."
