US and Spain commemorate the 30th anniversary of his cooperation for Defense

USPA NEWS - The United States of America and Spain celebrates this week the 30th anniversary of his agreement for Defense. In an act held on Tuesday at the General Air Headquarters in Madrid, chaired by the Secretary General of Defense Policy (SEGENPOL), Admiral Juan Francisco Martinez Nuñez, and by the US Ambassador, Richard Duke Buchan III, the 30th anniversary was commemorated of the signing of the agreement that links Spain and the United States of America on cooperation for Defense.

Both the ambassador and SEGENPOL have underlined the importance of the Convention to jointly address the current challenges and threats, as well as to establish mechanisms for political and strategic dialogue that allow further progress in the defense of shared values. The agreement is an agreement between two allies within the framework of NATO, so it transcends the particular interests of the two nations and underlines the firm commitment of Spain and the US to achieve a safer world.

Ambassador Buchan and Admiral Martinez Núñez, thanked all the members of the Armed Forces of both nations for the work done during these thirty years, with special reference to those who have been part of the Permanent Hispano-American Committee, whose work has been essential to achieve that this Convention has reached such a meritorious maturity.

The ceremony ended with a reception in which Admiral General Teodoro Lopez Calderon, Chief of Staff of the Navy, addressed a few words to those present in which he recalled the US and Spanish military who have served in joint missions and in a very special way to those who gave their lives in the course of these missions.