A planned sale of military equipment by Spain to Venezuela is not going to damage Spain-US relations, as this is a deal "between corporations," said Thursday Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos.

Moratinos referred himself to the possibility that the United States denies authorization for selling Spain-made equipment to Venezuela, as the material comprises US components.

In this sense, the Spanish diplomat explained that US could "veto" the inclusion of a specific component, but he conceded he did not know "whether that could prevent the execution of the agreement."

Under the deal, Spain is to sell 12 aircrafts and eight frigates built by Spanish consortium EADS-CASA and Navantia, with a USD 1.8 billion investment.
  
US ambassador to Spain Eduardo Aguirre Wednesday started a controversy over the Spanish sale of weaponry to Venezuela by stating that his country expected that this operation is not conducted "ultimately."

Moratinos stressed Thursday that the corporations involved in the operation should determine what are their conditions for entering into this type of deal.

He stressed that US, Spain relations are "good" and the two countries are to continue to work together as "today nobody can do things on his own; we need each other."