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Date Published: 11/05/2023

United States to station two new Navy destroyers in Cadiz

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The ships will be added to the four-strong US fleet currently docked at the Rota Naval Base

United States to station two new Navy destroyers in Cadiz

Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles has signed an agreement with the United States Ambassador to Spain this week to station two new Navy destroyers at the Rota Naval Base in Cadiz.

These two warships will be added to the other four that the United States already has stationed in Rota and will complete the NATO anti-missile shield formed between 2014 and 2015 at the naval base.

The eagle-eyed in Andalucía will have wait a while before they catch a glimpse of the imposing vessels, however: the first destroyer will be deployed sometime in 2024 but the second won’t arrive for another couple of years.

Minister Robles has formally appeared before the Defence Commission of the Congress of Deputies to announce the agreement, which has been made just days before President Sánchez is due to fly to the United States on May 12.

With this arrangement, Spain and the US “thus reiterate their commitment to the Atlantic Alliance in this new context of the war in Ukraine and the security environment in Europe, while sharing their concern for the situation in the Mediterranean and Africa and also transmitting a message of responsibility and tranquillity in our southern location, to which this agreement confers singular strategic importance,” the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

It follows on from an agreement made between US President Joe Biden and Pedro Sánchez during the NATO summit last year to strengthen the strategic relationship between the two countries.

In other news: Cadiz invests more than 260k to clear beaches of seaweed

Images: @manelmarquez on Twitter

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