Pedro Morenes

Spain?s provision of Patriot air defense missiles to Turkey will ensure its security and stability as a NATO ally, Spanish Defense Minister Pedro Morenés has said.
   
Turkey was exposed to terrorist attacks because of its borders with conflict-ridden countries, Morenés told Anadolu Agency on Jan. 16 in Madrid.

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon has condemned Turkey for "hosting members of Palestinian faction Hamas despite being a NATO member."

"It's unbelievable that NATO would allow a terror organization to host a headquarters in its territory," Ya'alon said during a meeting with his Spanish counterpart Pedro Morenés in Tel Aviv on Dec. 2.

Spain will send a Patriot anti-ballistic missile battery to Turkey's southern border with Syria as part of a NATO initiative, Defence Minister Pedro Morenes said