Spain pushes back after White House says it agreed to cooperate on Iran strikes
Associated PressSpain pushes back after White House says it agreed to cooperate on Iran strikes
A diplomatic tussle between the United States and Spain over the war in Iran intensified on Wednesday when the governments exchanged contradictory statements over the possible use of Spanish military bases by American armed forces for operations in the Middle East. Moments after a White House spokesperson said the Spanish government in Madrid had agreed to help the U.S., Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares came out and flatly denied that the European government had changed its position. “I can refute (the White House spokesperson),” Albares told Spanish radio station Cadena Ser.
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