Spain allows US, UN to use airports, airbases to fight Ebola in Africa

Spain said Friday it approved two requests by the UN and US to use military bases in the south as part of international operations to fight the Ebola virus in West Africa.
Spain approved a US request to use the Moron de la Frontera air base and Rota naval base Airbases, located in the Seville and Cadiz provinces respectively, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sainz de Santamaria told a news conference after a cabinet meeting.
She said the two bases would be used as transit points and centers for logistic support for military airplanes involved in an international campaign against Ebola in West Africa, including a support for the engineers who were building hospitals in Sierre Leone and Liberia.
She also said the Spanish government approved a UN request to use Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Airport on the bay of Gando. The airport will a hub for international humanitarian workers travelling to the Ebola hard-hit West African countries.
Spanish defense Minister Pedro Morenes is in Washington for talks with his American counterpart Chuck Hagel on guarantees provided by the US when using the Spanish airbases during this campaign, she said.