Acting Defense Minister Margarita Robles is closing ranks with the Head of European Diplomacy. Josep Borrelland emphasizes that: Israel’s reaction In the face of terrorist attacks by Hamas, international right. “International law must be respected at all times and in all situations. There is no nuance in this, there is no position in any given situation. The answers must always be within the scope of international law and war,” he explained. A short meeting with members of the press at headquarters Atlantic Alliance.
Thus, Robles is on the same side as the high representative of the EU Foreign Policy, who this Wednesday warned from Oman that some of the decisions announced by Israel will be blocked. LoopLike water outages, power outages and food blockages, violates international law. A harsher stance than that expressed by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der LeyenThis decision, which limits itself to recognizing Israel’s right to defend itself, does not mention any restrictions.
“Everyone needs to respond to the statements they made and that’s why the Spanish Government’s position is very clear. What happened the other day was an incident. terrorist attack “It is the most total and absolute condemnation in this respect, without evaluating the Germans’ statements,” Robles said. “When terrorist attacks occur, such as the terrible attacks that took place, in no case can we be equidistant,” he added. Solidarity with the family of Maya Villalobo, a Spanish-Israeli teenager killed in Hamas attacks.
Spanish contribution
Robles made these statements within the framework of the new meeting of Defense Ministers. NATO and the sixteenth meeting of the contact group ramsteina US-led forum to channel military materiel contributions UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky made a surprise appearance. During this meeting, Robles confirmed what Deputy Head of Government Pedro Sánchez had personally told him during the summit in Granada last week.
Specifically, the shipment of six new Hawk launchers that will be added to the six launchers already shipped by Spain and integrated into the United States battery. Spain also drew attention to the shipment of 30 automatic weapons with anti-drone capacity and a significant amount of 105 caliber and 155 caliber ammunition. It was also stated that the Spanish army will continue the training of Ukrainian soldiers. “We have more than 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers training in Spain and we hope to reach 4,000.” confirmed Robles, emphasizing the importance of sending supplies, including eight electric generators, to Kiev for the coming winter.