The Diplomat
The Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, yesterday visited the rocks of Vélez de la Gomera and Alhucemas and today she plans to go to the Chafarinas Islands, on a tour of some Spanish territories located off the coast of Morocco.
Robles travelled to Melilla, from where she travelled first to Vélez de la Gomera and then to Alhucemas, accompanied by the head of the Canary Islands Command, Lieutenant General Julio Salom; the Government delegate in the autonomous city, Sabrina Moh Abdelkader, and the general commander of Melilla, Major General Luis Cortés.
According to a note from the Ministry of Defense, Robles, who will travel today to Isabel II Island, part of the Chafarinas archipelago, “recognized the work of those who carry out their work in the detachment deployed to these islets that watch over security and prepare every day to react to any incident.”
In Vélez de la Gomera, which is located halfway between Ceuta and Melilla, the minister spoke with members of a garrison of the Melilla Regular Group number 54 made up of about 25 people.
She then traveled to the islet of Alhucemas, located in front of the Moroccan city of the same name, and there, she also toured the facilities that are occupied by a group of 38 soldiers from the 1st Legion ‘Gran Capitán’ Regiment.
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