King Felipe VI visits Spanish troops at UNIFIL, south Lebanon

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Spain's King Felipe VI (C-R) gestures as he poses for a group photo with soldiers during his visit to the Spanish military base of Miguel de Cervantes in Blat, near the Lebanese town of Marjeyoun, 08 April 2015. Felipe, who started on 07 April a two-day long visit Lebanon, met with the some 558 Spanish soldiers deployed in the territory. EFE/Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Spain’s King Felipe VI (C-R) gestures as he poses for a group photo with soldiers during his visit to the Spanish military base of Miguel de Cervantes in Blat, near the Lebanese town of Marjeyoun, 08 April 2015. Felipe, who started on 07 April a two-day long visit Lebanon, met with the some 558 Spanish soldiers deployed in the territory. EFE/Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Marjayoun, Lebanon – King Felipe VI of Spain arrived on Wednesday at the Miguel de Cervantes military base to visit the 558 Spanish troops deployed under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL.

Last January, Spanish Cpl. Francisco Javier Soria was killed in the area by an Israeli shell fired as a response to an attack by the Hezbollah militant group.

Arriving by helicopter with Spanish Defense Minister Pedro Morenes, the Spanish monarch was received at the base by Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Samir Mokbel, UNIFIL commander Luciano Portolano, and the head of the multinational brigade of the eastern sector, Antonio Ruiz Olmos.

The meeting with the Spanish troops on Wednesday concluded Felipe’s first official visit to Lebanon as king, which started on Tuesday in Beirut where he met with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam.

PM Tammam Salam Meets King of felipe  VI of Spain
PM Tammam Salam Meets King of felipe VI of Spain

This is the king’s second visit to the Miguel de Cervantes base, as he visited it in 2008 when he was still the crown prince.

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