According to CCTV News, on March 3, local time, during a meeting with German Chancellor Mertz at the White House, US President Trump criticized Spain's "lack of cooperation" in the attack on Iran and announced that he would cut off all trade exchanges between the United States and Spain because Spain is "a bad ally."
Trump said: "Spain is doing very badly." He also said that he has instructed Finance Minister Bessante to "cut off all dealings with Spain."
"We're going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don't want anything to do with Spain," Trump added.
According to CCTV News, on March 3, local time, Spanish Foreign Minister Alvarez defended the Spanish government’s stance of refusing to provide the United States with Rota and Moron military bases to participate in the attack on Iran. Alvarez said that the operation launched by the United States and Israel was not supported by the United Nations and was not part of the bilateral agreement allowing the use of the above-mentioned Spanish sovereign military bases.
Alvarez also said that the Spanish government is not worried about any consequences of this stance. Alvarez said: “The Spanish government’s position represents the will of the vast majority of the Spanish people and the vast majority of people around the world, which is to defend the United Nations Charter, respect international law, and believe that cooperation is always more powerful than confrontation.”
Previously, according to Xinhua News Agency, the Spanish government made it clear on the 2nd that it refused to allow the United States to use bases in the country to participate in military strikes against Iran.
Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles and Foreign Minister Alvarez said in an interview with Spanish national television on the 2nd that the two military bases in Moron de la Frontera and Rota in the south of the country have not provided any form of assistance to the United States and will not be authorized for military strikes against Iran.
"The bases in Moron de la Frontera and Rota have not provided any form of assistance to the United States," Robles said in an interview. Robles reiterated that the use of the two bases must comply with international law and the existing bilateral agreement framework with the United States.
Alvarez also made the same statement in the interview. Alvarez stated that the Spanish government will not authorize these bases and their facilities to be used for any operations that are inconsistent with the United Nations Charter and relevant international law.
According to flight tracking websites, at least 15 U.S. military aircraft have departed from the above two bases since March 1, and some of them have landed in Germany and other places.
