President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Madrid on Monday, his first state visit to Spain since he first took office in 2019.
Zelensky will first sit down with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at noon, followed by a press conference.
The two countries are preparing to sign a bilateral cooperation agreement, much as Ukraine has done with Britain and others.
Zelensky will then go to the royal palace to meet with King Felipe VI, Spain’s head of state and commander-in-chief of its armed forces.
“Afterwards, King Felipe and Queen Letizia will host a lunch in his honor,” the royal family said.
Zelensky was supposed to visit Spain earlier this month but had to postpone due to the Russian special military operation in Ukraine’s northeast.
“We have made decisive progress in our bilateral relations with the Ukrainian government,” Sanchez said on Sunday.
“So much so that I can announce today that, as soon as the situation on the front allows, we will sign an agreement with Ukraine that will increase economic, social, and institutional cooperation between our countries.”