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Algeria announced that it will abandon a gas pipeline that supplied Spain via Morocco in a hostile act that followed the severance of diplomatic ties with Rabat. Moroccan officials rely on the pipeline to power two electricity plants in the north, but the decision would do little damage as the Kingdom foresaw the move. […]
Moroccan ambassador to Spain Karima Benyaich is expected to return to Madrid nearly four months after she was recalled by her country for consultation on May 18, 2021 amid strained Moroccan-Spanish relations over Madrid’s decision to secretly host Polisario leader in connivance with Algiers. The announcement of the imminent return of the Moroccan ambassador to […]
Two senior officials of the European Union have welcomed the contents of the speech delivered Friday evening by King Mohammed VI and commended the depth of Morocco’s ties with the Union. In this vein, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen underlined the importance of the strategic ties between Morocco and the EU. “Morocco and […]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has welcomed King Mohammed VI’s Friday speech as “a great opportunity” to redefine the pillars and the parameters governing relations between Spain and Morocco, underlining that Madrid has always considered Morocco as a strategic partner of Spain, and also of the whole of the European union. “Morocco and Spain are […]
Dialogue that was held between Morocco and Spain, following the recent unprecedented crisis, which shook mutual trust and raised many questions as to the future of bilateral relations, took place in a clear and responsible way, and showed a common understanding of the two nations’ interests. The remarks came in a speech that King Mohammed […]
Morocco will initiate legal actions in Spanish courts for repeated publication and dissemination in Spain of false, malicious and defamatory allegations against the Kingdom, in connection with “an alleged illegal espionage of Spanish citizens”. “The Kingdom of Morocco has never acquired or used the program called Pegasus. The recent information published on this issue is […]
The investigating judge of the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid, Santiago Pedraz, heard on Tuesday, the first of the three witnesses, in the Brahim Ghali case, lodged at the end of last June by the defense of the Sahrawi Association of human rights (ASADEH). The witness, Sahrawi activist Ahmed Tarouzi who resides in Laayoune, told […]
As the diplomatic row continues between Rabat, Madrid and Berlin over the Sahara, and as the Kingdom’s relations with France are facing destabilisation attempts over espionage allegations, German Institute for International & Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik/SWP) step in to add fuel to the fire. In an analysis published by SWP, which advises Bundestag […]
Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez will start this week an African tour designed to build up new alliances in the continent after failing to solve lingering diplomatic crisis with neighboring Morocco over the Sahara. According to press reports, Sanchez will travel to Egypt, Kenya and South Africa. Rabat has not been included in this tour, […]
Recently appointed Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said restoring relations with Morocco was a top priority. Speaking at his first media comments after taking office, Albares described Morocco as “a friend of Spain.” Albares replaces Arancha Gonzales Laya whose tenure saw one of the worst crisis between Madrid and Rabat in recent history. Laya […]