Defence Minister Robles Holds National Day Video Call With 4,352 Spanish Troops Abroad
Spain's Defence Minister Margarita Robles held her traditional National Day videoconference with Spanish troops deployed abroad on October 11, bringing the call forward by one day from its usual October 12 slot. She spoke with contingents in NATO, European Union and United Nations missions.
According to the Ministry of Defence, 4,352 Spanish service members are currently deployed in international missions: 2,385 from the Army, 1,525 from the Navy, 354 from the Air and Space Force, 81 from the Common Corps and 13 from the Guardia Civil. Close to a thousand more perform permanent missions inside Spain.
The minister highlighted 20 years of uninterrupted Spanish presence in southern Lebanon and gave special recognition to the personnel at the call from Ceuta, who joined the videoconference for the first time this year and who weeks earlier had taken part in the response to the migration emergency on the city's coast.
The videoconference is a fixed part of Spain's National Day calendar: a brief moment in which families and the public see the soldiers serving far from home the day before the Madrid parade. (Source: Ministry of Defence, Spain)
Source: Ministry of Defence, Spain
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Photo: 图：西班牙军人在海外任务中执勤（资料图）。Wikimedia Commons，公共领域。 / Photo: Spanish troops on duty abroad (file photo). Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
