The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, has categorically denied on Wednesday that Spain has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. Army in operations against Iran, as had been claimed minutes earlier by the White House spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt. "I categorically deny this. The position of the Government of Spain on the war in the Middle East, the bombings in Iran, and on the use of our bases has not changed one bit," Albares assured in a radio interview picked up by EFE. The White House spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, had said a little earlier in a press conference that Spain has "agreed to cooperate with the U.S. Army" in recent hours, after President Donald Trump threatened a trade embargo due to its refusal to allow the Pentagon to use its facilities at Spanish bases for operations against Iran. "I have no idea what she could be referring to or where that could come from," Albares admitted, the head of Foreign Affairs, who has insisted that Spain's position "has not changed at all" and is therefore "absolutely unvarying". He has stressed that he has "no desire" nor "almost time" to speculate on what motivated the White House spokesperson's comments. Albares reiterated the "No to war" defended "clearly and forcefully" by the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, in his "brave" institutional statement, a position that, he highlighted, has been backed by "many European colleagues".
