Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (R) looks on as Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria reads him a phone message during a government control session at Spain's Parliament in Madrid January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Susana Vera
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will start talks with the United States about further increasing the number of U.S. troops at an air base in the south of the country, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said on Friday.
She did not say why Washington sought the changes at the Moron base near Seville. A Defence Ministry spokeswoman had no immediate comment. But the national daily El Pais said it was to improve vigilance of Islamist militant activity in neighbouring North Africa.
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