Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares called for a halt to terrorist attacks against the United States in the Middle East this Saturday after the Americans bombed targets in Iraq and Syria allegedly linked to Iranian militias in response to the deaths of three Americans yesterday. Soldiers in Jordan.
Albares made a statement to the press upon his arrival at the unofficial meeting and said, “The USA has been subjected to many terrorist attacks in recent days, some of which caused the death of American citizens, and this is the response of the USA.” said. European Union foreign ministers met in Brussels today.
The head of Spanish diplomacy continued: “We unequivocally condemn these terrorist attacks and demand that they be stopped; we must all contribute to ending terrorism in the Middle East.”
According to the Pentagon, the targets attacked included operations centers, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles, unmanned aerial vehicle depots and logistics facilities related to various attacks on US forces by pro-Iran groups in recent weeks.
Asked about Israel’s bombings in Gaza’s Rafah city, Albares said the “spiral of violence must end” and insisted on the need for a “permanent and immediate” ceasefire.
The minister said that “26,000 innocent Palestinian civilians killed is enough and that when the guns fall silent, a peace conference must be held once and for all so that a Palestinian State can be recognized and established.”
In this sense, he pointed out that Spain will continue to finance the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which launched an investigation after Israel’s accusations that the organization’s employees participated in the Hamas attack in the past.
Before the start of the meeting, Albares met with Maros Sefcovic, vice-president of the European Commission and head of Interinstitutional Relations, to discuss the agreement reached with Gibraltar after Brexit, as announced by the minister on his official account on the social network.