The Minister of Foreign Affairs went to Parliament to tell deputies that Portugal “does not support” American military intervention, but that the Government has maintained “loyal collaboration with the US” at Lajes, considering the figure of 76 aircraft to be “negligible”.
Rangel condemns any “rhetorical or military escalation” in the war in Iran and downplays the use of Lajes
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Context & Explainers
Paulo Rangel is a Portuguese politician from the Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata or PSD) who has been a prominent voice on defence and foreign‑policy issues and has served in the European Parliament. He appears in this story because he commented publicly on the controversy over Lajes Air Base being used to refuel US planes.
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