[Global Network Report] Several foreign media including Reuters, Russian Satellite News Agency, Al Jazeera and other foreign media reported that on the eve of the NATO summit, thousands of people gathered on the streets of Madrid, the Spanish capital, on the 26th local time to protest the upcoming NATO summit.
Al Jazeera said thousands of protesters marched holding banners reading "No NATO, no war, for peace".
Demonstrators demanded the dissolution of the US-led NATO and the closure of US military bases in Spain.
Demonstrators, holding Spanish flags, flags of the old Spanish republic, and flags including some left-wing organizations, chanted "No NATO" and "NATO bases - get out" as they marched on Madrid's Prado Avenue, according to Russian satellite news agency Sputnik.
Sputnik also said some protest groups, including members of the KKE and South Koreans, held signs that read "Dissolution of NATO, a tool for imperialist warfare" and "oppose South Korea's entry into NATO."
Reuters said there were also protesters holding Soviet flags.
"Tanks are fine, but beer and tapas (tapas)," some protesters chanted, Reuters said, arguing that NATO's push for increased defense spending in Europe was a threat to peace.
"I'm fed up with this business of weapons and killing people. The solution they propose is more weapons and war, and we always pay for it. So, no NATO, no (military) bases, let the Americans go, let the We are far from war and weapons," a retired Madrid resident told Reuters; another protester, Jared, 29, said NATO was not the solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
According to Reuters, 5,000 people took part in the march, according to organizers, but law enforcement in Madrid said there were 2,200 protesters.
Immediately after the G7 summit, the NATO summit will be held in Madrid from June 28 to 30. The main topics of the summit include continuing to provide support for Ukraine, reviewing the accession of Finland and Sweden, and adopting new strategic ideas to guide the development of the next decade, etc. .