Follow Spanish Immigration and Spanish News: On the 22nd local time, Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy arrived in Djibouti, a country in East Africa, to personally visit the Spanish peacekeeping troops stationed near the port of Djibouti.
Accompanying Rajoy to Djibouti were numerous government officials and senior military leaders, including the Spanish Minister of Defense Pedro Morenés. The main purpose of this visit was to inspect and comfort the Spanish soldiers stationed in Africa and to bring them holiday greetings.
During the welcome ceremony, Rajoy first conveyed the holiday greetings from the King of Spain and the people of Spain. In his subsequent speech, he stated: “All Spaniards are proud of your outstanding performance over the past year. You have not only excellently completed the task of protecting Spanish merchant ships but have also provided significant humanitarian assistance to the people of Djibouti and several countries and regions in East Africa.”
After the welcome ceremony, Rajoy, accompanied by the soldiers, boarded a small frigate to personally experience and inspect the peacekeeping work of the soldiers in the waters off Somalia, and he fully acknowledged their performance.
According to reports, there are 140 Spanish soldiers stationed in Djibouti in the waters off East Africa, whose main task is to assist in protecting Spanish merchant ships passing through these waters from pirate attacks.
