The Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that it had “launched” the process of canceling the award to an Israeli company of a contract for the acquisition of ammunition for the Civil Guard and that it would exclude the The future of other businesses in this country while this lasts. The “armed conflict in the territory of Gaza”.
In a statement, the Ministry of the Interior announced that it was beginning to terminate the contract a few hours after government partners such as IU asked Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska for explanations on this contract put forward by Cadena Ser.
These are “9 x 19 mm cartridges” intended for the Civil Guard according to a contract which, according to the Interior, was awarded on February 21, 2024. The award took place on October 21, 2024, and two of the three hired were from an Israeli company.
“The Spanish government maintains its commitment not to sell weapons to the Israeli state since the armed conflict broke out in the territory of Gaza,” Interior added.
Concerning this matter, the Interior explains that it concerns an acquisition of ammunition and that the Ministry of the Interior “has initiated the administrative procedure to cancel the said purchase”.
“Other Israeli companies will be excluded, as bidders, from other arms procurement files currently being processed by the General Directorate of the Civil Guard,” he added. The federal coordinator of Izquierda Unida, Antonio Maíllo, had requested the resignation of the head of the Interior Directorate or the minister himself, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, after learning that his ministry had purchased 12 million bales from a Israeli. company for nearly seven million euros, contravening Defense’s decision not to purchase new Israeli weapons since the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023.
