06/03/2026
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06/03/2026
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LISBON, Mar 6: Portugal said Friday that two repatriation flights from the Mideast had reached its territory. A TAP charter plane arriving Friday morning from Oman carried 147 passengers, 139 of them Portuguese. The rest were foreign nationals, Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro said at a summit.
A separate military flight reached Portugal on Friday carrying 24 Portuguese nationals and 15 foreigners, the government said.
Portugal has allowed the U.S. to use the Lajes air base on the Azores Islands for its air campaign against Iran. This contrasts starkly with that of neighboring Spain, which disallowed Washington to use bases within its territory, sparking a diplomatic tussle with the Trump administration.
Montenegro defended Portugal’s stance on Friday, citing its long-standing relationship with the U.S. and Iran’s violations of international law.
