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Agents of the Spanish National Police in the town of Basauri, in Vizcaya, have arrested this week a Polisario activist for his alleged involvement in a crime of terrorist threats. The individual is accused of using his profiles on social networks to encourage attacks and violent actions against Moroccan institutions and people both in Spain […]
Algeria’s Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum was set back on his heels after a trip to Spain in which he failed to return with a statement backing his country’s support for separatism. Boukadoum was rather viewed as an official from a country whose nationals continue to top those who die while making the risky sea journey […]
Moroccan authorities have decided to temporarily suspend air links to and from France and Spain, extending thus the list of countries with which air links have been banned, in order to limit the spread of COVID-19. The suspension of air links with the two European countries comes into effect as of Tuesday March 30, […]
Members of a visiting Basque economic delegation said they were “surprised” and “impressed” by the quality of infrastructure in the city of Laayoune, expressing their keenness to examine investment prospects in the Moroccan Sahara, particularly in the sectors of fisheries and renewable energies. “We were surprised and impressed by the infrastructures that exist in […]
Moroccan and Spanish Foreign Ministers Nasser Bourita and Arancha Gonzalez Laya held talks on Tuesday through videoconference. Talks focused on regional issues of common interest in the Maghreb, the Sahel and the Euro-Mediterranean area. During their talks, the two officials commended the excellent relations between Morocco and Spain, a country that King Mohammed […]
The stand of the United States on Moroccan Sahara remains unchanged despite the heavy pressure exerted by pro-polisario lobbyists paid by Algeria to push the Biden administration to reverse its predecessor’s recognition of Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara territory. But all the hostile campaign fueled by Algeria’s military junta was deflated on Monday […]
The Spanish government has asserted that Spain has had no “responsibility of an international character” with regard to the administration of the Sahara since 1976, dealing a scathing blow to the Polisario and its supporters. “Spain considers itself released from any responsibility of an international character with regard to the administration of Western Sahara since […]
The shipping company Morocco Cruise Line (MCL) will launch a new maritime line for passengers and goods which will link the port of the Granada town of Motril with that of Tangier Med in Morocco, announced the company, which said it has already completed the relevant procedures, reports atalayar.com The company also announced on […]
King Felipe VI of Spain has highlighted the importance of the relationship binding his country and Morocco, saying the two countries “share common interests and challenges”. “We hope that the health situation will soon allow us to resume the agenda of meetings with Morocco (…) A country with which we share common interests and challenges”, […]
Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya highlighted the strength and maturity of relations between her country and Morocco, which allows the two countries to avoid possible misunderstandings. “The good relations between the two countries are close, deep and solid and are marked by complicity”, underlined the Spanish Foreign Minister before the Forum Nueva Economia (New […]