Felipe VI valued Lula's call for peace in Eastern Europe, but warned that "to be lasting it must be based on respect for international law" The monarch's speech is important as a symbol of the ironclad commitment to the values of European liberal humanism that the Crown represents. Pedro Sánchez, who only clashed with his Brazilian counterpart when it came to addressing the conflict, pointed out that "there is an aggressor, Vladimir Putin, and an attacked people fighting for their freedom"