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The Minister of Defense Margarita Robles has traveled to Uruguay on the occasion of the scale in Montevideo of the Navy School Juan Sebastian de Elcano which is located in its XCVII instruction cruise and in its second international scale as first level ambassador. The Minister of Defense Margarita Robles along with some guards among which is the princess of Asturias Leonor de Bourbon.
During the visit to the country Robles has also held an encounter with its Uruguayan counterpart Sandra Lazo in which they have addressed issues of interest to both countries and issues such as the importance of female presence in the fields of defense and armed forces and support for women in the international level. The head of Defense has extended to the Uruguayan minister a formal invitation to visit Spain. On board the ship Robles has presided over the flag swear of half a hundred Spanish citizens residing in Uruguay in a ceremony in which the princess of Asturias who continues her military formation aboard the sailboat has exercised a flag. This is the decimoctava occasion in which the brig-goleta visits this country. During the act the ships commander the ships captain Luis Carreras-Presas has highlighted the symbolism that involves swearing a flag in this centennial vessel which in addition to means present the Chief of Staff of the Navy Admiral General Antonio Pineiro; the Ambassador of Spain in Uruguay Javier Salido Ortiz; the Secretary of State Director of the CNI Esperanza Casteleiro; The Undersecretary of Defense Adoration Mateos and the Secretary General of Defense Policy Almirante Juan Francisco Martinez Nunez.
In his visit on board Roble To the world for the first time in 1522 it has the first mission to contribute to the integral formation of the embargoed goalkeeper who study their third year of a five -year career at the Naval Military School in which they combine naval formation with the military sailor and human as well as with mechanical engineering. Dynamize the Spanish community in each of the ports where it stops. Montevideos is the second international scale of the ship after that of Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) last February. Once from Uruguay the ship will continue with its journey of 17000 nautical miles that will take you to the Chilean ports of Punta Arenas and Valparaiso; El Callao (Peru); Panama City; Cartagena de Indias and Santa Marta (Colombia); Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and New York before returning to Spain and visiting the ports of Gijon Ferrol Marin and again Cadiz on July 21 2025. In total 14 ports and eight countries in the American continent in addition to six Spanish cities.
