Spain’s Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, marked a turning point in her tenure with her first official visit to Spanish enclave Melilla and other Mediterranean islands claimed by Morocco on Monday August 19.
On her arrival in Melilla, Robles immediately visited the military barracks located on the islands of Vélez de la Gomera, Badès Al Hoceima and Nekor. There, she held strategic discussions with Spanish military officials stationed in these occupied Moroccan territories, as reported by the Iberian media.
The Minister’s tour then continued on Tuesday to Isabel Island, part of the Chafarinas archipelago, also under Spanish occupation.
This visit comes almost two months after her ministry announced an ambitious program to modernize the military infrastructure on these islands. The project, valued at around 600,000 euros, will see the installation of new aerial beacons and strategic satellite communications systems, boosting the defensive capabilities of Spanish forces deployed on Vélez de la Gomera, Badès Al Hoceima, and the Chafarinas.
Last March, the newspaper El Confidencial Digital revealed that the Spanish army had already installed anti-drone systems on these islands, a further measure aimed at consolidating their position in this region disputed by Morocco.
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