Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said today his country was prepared to accept prisoners from US detention camp Guantanamo Bay.
He made his comments after his first meeting with US counterpart Hillary Clinton.
Mr Moratinos said he had promised Ms Clinton that Spain would make contact immediately to study possible transfers on a case by case basis.
"She asked me for help with the solution of this unacceptable tragedy which is the prisoners at Guantanamo," Mr Moratinos told Spanish media.
"I told her that Spain is in principle open to cooperating in receiving some prisoners, as long as the legal conditions are acceptable."
The United States holds about 250 prisoners at Guantanamo and has released or transferred to other governments about 520 other men and teenagers previously held there.
Last month, newly elected President Barack Obama ordered Guantanamo's closure and set a one-year deadline for shutting the camp, set up to hold foreigners captured after US-led forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001.
Reuters