Alberto Núñez Feijóo is once again unable to visit the Spanish troops deployed in Latvia in support of the Baltic countries in the face of the Russian threat after the invasion of Ukraine.
The new request for the PP president to travel to Latvia has come up against the refusal of the Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, who rules out the visit and calls on Feijóo to be able to see the displaced Spanish soldiers when they return to Spain.
On Thursday, the PP's request was made public, made by letter by the PP's deputy secretary for institutional policy, Esteban González Pons, who already revealed that Feijóo's cabinet had once again requested a date for that trip a few weeks ago, without the ministry would have given him an answer.
A day later, the Minister of Defense responded to the letter from González Pons, in a kind and even friendly tone, but denying the possibility of the trip.
In her letter, the minister, despite the kind language used, does not stop throwing taunts at the PP, since she appreciates the interest of the popular in the armed forces, which would have overcome "past times in which there were not enough investments", to accomplish their missions.
Robles is surprised that Feijóo only wants to go to the Latvian mission, which he assumes will be extended to the others, and that is when, without telling him that he is denying him the trip, as he did in February, he actually rejects that possibility.
"I propose that you have a broad meeting with said contingent when you return to Spain so that you can find out in depth and without time limitations or the haste of a punctual visit and conditioned by the dynamics of an area of operations," and he adds that "I will be delighted to be able to accompany you at the meeting."
The Defense Minister's response fell like a jug of cold water on the PP, which reminds Margarita Robles that the armed forces "are not from the Government, but from all Spaniards."
In addition, they recall that in February Robles justified the denial of the existence of NATO maneuvers, which they now clearly see was an excuse.
Esteban González Pons assured yesterday, after hearing Robles' response, that the Latvian Prime Minister continues to "invite" Alberto Núñez Feijóo to visit the Spanish troops deployed in his country and that NATO sees it as "pertinent", for what they believe that the refusal responds only to a particular interest of the Executive of Pedro Sánchez.
