Government of the Azores says that Lajes cannot be “a sleeping base”

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Government of the Azores says that Lajes cannot be “a sleeping base”

“It has been proven that the Azores are here when it is necessary. Now what we can't have here and we can't accept is a dormant base to wake up only when needed. We don't want to accept that, nor will we. It is one of the points that the Azores must make the Government of the Republic feel and the Government of the Republic must make the North American Government and NATO feel, within the scope of its powers,” he said, speaking to journalists. A…