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The President of the Government of the Azores, José Manuel Bolieiro, has advocated for a renegotiation of the Bilateral Defense and Cooperation Agreement with the United States. Bolieiro argues that a review is necessary to compensate the region for its increased geostrategic value, though he acknowledged the current political climate in the U.S. may complicate such discussions.
The Azores Government will also hire a foreign company to replace the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, which holds a monopoly on studies regarding contamination around the Lajes Air Base. Meetings of the Portugal-US commission have been cancelled. Portugal is responsible for decontaminating the pollution caused by the US.
Colonel José Carmo analyses the American drones believed to be passing through Lajes Air Base in the Azores.
