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Spain’s words-actions mismatch in ties with Morocco

Spanish officials and the Spanish monarch have expressed on multiple occasions in recent months readiness to improve ties with Morocco and turn the page on last year escalation, but in the meantime they are repeating the same actions that led to worsening relations with Rabat. In another diplomatic blunder that will further worsen Madrid-Rabat ties, […]

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Morocco-Spain: Actions, Not Words Will Help Restore Broken Trust

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described Morocco as a “strategic partner with which we must walk together”, without announcing tangible actions to help repair the trust his socialist government broke with Rabat. The Moroccan-Spanish relations are still reeling from the fallout of the diplomatic spat sparked last May by Madrid’s decision to host secretly, […]

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Spain’s King calls for mending ties with Morocco

Spain’s King Felipe VI urged his country’s cabinet to take steps in order to improve ties with its southern neighbor Morocco on “solid foundations.” Relations between Morocco and Spain worsened after Madrid acted in connivance with Algeria in hosting for medical treatment the Polisario chief who entered Spain under a false identity and an Algerian […]

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Former EFE’s Boss: U.S. Bets on Morocco rather than Spain, Heralds Shift in Global Alliances

Former Head of Spanish News Agency EFE, Luis María Anson, has voiced concern over Washington’s growing preference of Morocco over Spain, saying such a tendency will weaken Madrid’s regional and international influence. The U.S. administration is suspicious of the Spanish government’s rapprochement with the communist party, but also of Pedro Sánchez’s open or undeclared ties […]

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Spain, Morocco dismantle international drug trafficking network

Spain and Morocco dismantled in a joint operation a large international criminal network based in Spain, specializing in the manufacture in Morocco of hallucinogenic tablets, locally known as karkoubi. The joint operation involved the Spanish Guardia Civile, Spanish Fiscal Agency (DCI), the Tanger Med Police Cooperation Center, and the Directorate General of Morocco’s National Security […]

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Algeria fails to meet gas export target to Spain

Spanish media is ranting at the government after a drop in the gas flow leaving households facing a wave of freezing cold without a proper heating system and casting doubt on Algeria’s promises. Spanish paper Okdiario reported that the guarantees of the Spanish Prime Minister regarding the steady flow of gas were too political and […]

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Morocco’s Power Company Secures 10-Year Gas Supply, Watering-down Algeria’s Blackmail

Morocco’s state-owned power Company ONEE (Office National de l’Electricite et de l’Eau potable) has signed a ten-year gas supply agreement with UK-based Sound Energy Company, ensuring continuous supply for two of its power stations in the Northern region. The deal enables the North African Kingdom to secure its energy sovereignty and security, while countering the […]

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Spain’s energy giant Repsol to resume activities in Libya if country recovers stability

Spanish energy and petrochemical company Repsol indicated that it would resume activities in Libya if only the oil-rich country returns to stability, Libya Observer reports. José Carlos Bravo, the Regional Executive Director of the company, told the Energy Capitol & Power website that the Spanish energy giant still believes in the oil-rich African country. For […]

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Spain describes Morocco as “fundamental” for the stability of the Mediterranean

Spain considers Morocco to be a “fundamental country” for the stability of the Mediterranean region. The remarks were made by Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares in an interview published Sunday November 14, by the Andalusian newspaper Diario de Sevilla. “Morocco is a fundamental country for the stability of the entire Mediterranean,” Jose Manuel Albares […]

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Morocco celebrates 46th Green March anniversary against backdrop of economic & diplomatic gains in Sahara

There are very few events in the History of a country that transcend time and generations to remain vivid in the memory of all, old and young. There are few events that enshrine historical grandeur and at the same time a sense of destiny and belonging. And Morocco did live such an event: the Green […]