Spain said Monday that the United States is not using joint military bases on its territory for operations against Iran, a mission opposed by Madrid.
“Based on all the information I have, the bases are not being used for this military operation,” Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told Spanish public television.
“The Spanish government will not authorise the use of the bases for anything beyond the agreement or inconsistent with the United Nations,” he said, referring to Naval Base Rota and Moron Air Base.
Defence Minister Margarita Robles said the bases “will not provide support, except if, in a given case, it were necessary from a humanitarian perspective,” adding that the treaty does not cover these operations.
The US operates at the bases under a joint-use arrangement but they remain under Spanish sovereignty.
Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemnesd US and Israeli strikes on Iran, calling them “an unjustified and dangerous military intervention that is outside of international law”.
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