Views of SpainMADRID, Feb. 3 Ukraine, said Russian Ambassador Yuri Korchagin. «I would call our dialogue with the Spanish authorities constructive. Our relations with Spain are not limited to December 2021-January 2022,» Korchagin said at a press conference in Madrid dedicated to the crisis around Ukraine, at which in detail outlined the Russian position to representatives of the Spanish media. The conference was held in Spanish. 
The Ambassador called the materials about Russia in the Spanish media offensive Earlier, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles said that Spain, in connection with the situation around Ukraine accelerated the dispatch of warships to the Black Sea as part of the NATO mission. She also said that Spain could take part in the deployment of a NATO air mission in Bulgaria, if such a decision is made. The minister said that Spain is always involved in all deployments that NATO organizes, while she called for a de-escalation around Ukraine. According to the ambassador, Russia «did not protest to Spain» in connection with its position on Ukraine. «We respect Spain's commitments within NATO and the European Union. This does not mean that we share them, but we respect them,» he said. But he urged Spain not to forget that it also has «obligations in its bilateral relations with Russia, with neighboring countries.»
