Spanish PM: "You cannot play Russian roulette with destiny of millions"

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said his country is against the "disaster" of the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Speaking on March 4 following US President Donald Trump's threats to cut trade with Madrid over its refusal to allow Trump to use its territory for strikes on Iran, the Spanish PM reaffirmed his position, Reuters reports. 

"This is how humanity's great disasters start ... You cannot play Russian roulette with destiny of millions," Sanchez said in a televised address to the nation.

Sanchez denounced the US and Israeli bombings of Iran as reckless and illegal.

He later banned US aircraft from using naval and air bases in southern Spain for the offensive against Tehran.

By Sabina Mammadli