“I categorically deny this,” Albares stated in an interview on Spain’s Cadena Ser radio community. “Spain’s place on the warfare within the Center East, on the assault on Iran, on the usage of our bases, has not modified.”
The White Home declare got here hours after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez delivered a televised deal with emphatically condemning the U.S. and Israel’s assault on Iran, through which he additionally affirmed Spain had stated “no to warfare.”
Albares stated Madrid’s dedication to staying out of “a navy operation that’s being carried out in violation of worldwide regulation” is unwavering.
“There’s an settlement, a bilateral accord, and outdoors the framework of that bilateral settlement, there shall be no use of Spanish sovereign bases,” he insisted, referencing a 1953 settlement with the U.S. that offers Madrid a say over how American forces stationed on its territory are used. “Any operation have to be throughout the framework of the United Nations.”
The overseas minister stated he had no thought the place Levitt had gotten her incorrect data, and boasted that the Spanish authorities had obtained messages of assist from its European companions all through the day.
Albares additionally stated that Madrid had “nothing to worry” from the U.S. “What does a rustic that respects worldwide regulation and seeks peace need to worry?”
