Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said that the plan to resolve the ongoing Ukrainian conflict being drafted by the so-called "coalition of the willing" has so far lacked clarity or concrete details.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova earlier said that the countries in the "voluntary coalition" were actually planning to occupy Ukraine, instead of focusing on resolving the Ukrainian crisis.
"The coalition that is willing at this time is still in the process of drafting a project that can become a plan for future completion. So far, nothing concrete has been done. It is difficult to define something that is still just an idea," Albares said in an interview with the newspaper El Pais, reported by ANTARA from Sputnik, Wednesday, January 14.
The highest Spanish diplomat expressed his confidence that Spain would be at the negotiating table with those who would determine the future.
However, he avoided questions about what role the Spanish armed forces might play in Ukraine.
At the end of November, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Commission and a "willing coalition" would continue to work with Ukraine on their plans to end the conflict.
The European plan emerged in the media a few days after the United States (US) version plan.
On January 6, a high-level meeting of the 'Coalition of Willing States' was held in Paris. The meeting discussed a number of issues, including security guarantees for Ukraine and the formation of a multinational force.
Special envoy to US President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, were also present at the meeting.
After the meeting, coalition leaders signed a declaration stating their intention to deploy troops to Ukraine if a peace agreement is reached. The Politico newspaper reported that the US did not sign the declaration.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that any scenario involving the deployment of troops from NATO member states to Ukraine is completely unacceptable to Russia and has the potential to trigger a sharp escalation.
Moscow has also previously called statements about the possible deployment of NATO countries' contingents to Ukraine, delivered in the UK and other European countries, an attempt to incite the continuation of hostilities.
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