{"id":16262,"date":"2026-04-08T10:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/16262\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:36:09","slug":"spains-pedro-sanchez-welcomes-iran-war-ceasefire-but-fires-broadside-at-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/16262\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain&#8217;s Pedro Sanchez welcomes Iran war ceasefire but fires broadside at Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPAIN\u2019S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has welcomed the announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, describing it as \u2018good news\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>But the premier- referring to US President, Donald Trump- said that Spain will not applaud \u2018those who set the world on fire because they show up with a bucket\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In a posting on the social network X, Sanchez stressed such announcements are always good if they \u2018lead to a just and lasting peace\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Los alto al fuego siempre son una buena noticia. Sobre todo si conducen a una paz justa y duradera. Pero el alivio moment\u00e1neo no puede hacernos olvidar el caos, la destrucci\u00f3n y las vidas perdidas.<\/p>\n<p>El Gobierno de Espa\u00f1a no aplaudir\u00e1 a quienes incendian el mundo porque se\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pedro S\u00e1nchez (@sanchezcastejon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanchezcastejon\/status\/2041782467946840255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He stressed however that \u2018momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, destruction and lives lost\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez affirmed that it is the time for diplomacy, international legality and peace.<\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, welcomed the ceasefire, stressing that it is \u2018a ray of hope\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He warned there was a \u2018very short\u2019 period to see if it will bear fruit, especially since Israel considers that the agreement does not include Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jose-Manuel-Albares-490x327.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-391879\" style=\"width:572px;height:auto\"  \/>MINISTER ALBARES(Cordon Press image)<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Radio Nacional, Albares said: \u201cWe have come close to catastrophe as humanity,\u201d- in reference to Trump\u2019s threat to \u2018annihilate an entire civilisation\u2019 if Iran did not repoen the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Albares added that the ceasefire is not a definitive step and the positions of the United States and Iran are far apart, but \u2018an escalation is stopped\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the possibility of Spain taking part in any possible operation to ensure the Strait of Hormuz is open, he made it clear that as long as there are hostilities, \u201cnothing\u2019 will be done that could escalate the situation.<\/p>\n<p>He added that was why he refused to take part in a meeting held in London a few days go where options to keep the strait open were discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theolivepress.es\/spain-news\/category\/other-news\/international-affairs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">International Affairs News<\/a> from The Olive Press.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPAIN\u2019S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has welcomed the announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, describing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[129],"tags":[12,318,12778,12779,320,321,304,51,323],"class_list":["post-16262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pedro-sanchez","tag-donald-trump","tag-international-affairs","tag-iran-war-ceasefire","tag-jose-manuel-albares","tag-news-spain","tag-newspaper","tag-pedro-sanchez","tag-politics","tag-the-olive-press"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116368650232310836","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}