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Algeria postpones visit of Spanish FM to protest Spain’s support for Morocco

Algerian foreign ministry unilaterally postponed a planned visit by Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez in what appears as a reaction to Spain’s support for the Moroccan position on the Sahara issue. Spain has recently taken stands that Morocco welcomed and has abstained from expressing support to the referendum option for the area, which the UN […]

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Spain responds to Podemos member’s blunder, reiterates it does not recognize “SADR”

Following the careless act of Spanish Secretary of state in charge of social affairs Nacho Alvarez who hosted in his office a Polisario delegation, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not take long to admonish the minister of the leftist Podemos party and clarify again Spain’s position on the Sahara issue. The Spanish Foreign […]