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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 […]
Spain’s Foreign Action Strategy for 2021/2024 underlines the relevance of strengthening dialogue and cooperation with partner countries like Morocco. This Strategy, presented to the Spanish Council of Ministers on Tuesday by Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya, underlines the need and the relevance of moving forward in the consolidation of dialogue with the countries of the […]
The recent remarks made by Head of the Government Saad Eddine El Othmani who said that Ceuta and Melilla, the two Spanish-occupied cities, are next in Morocco’s process to retrieve its territorial integrity, have triggered a reaction on the part of the Spanish Government that is deemed by analysts as inappropriate. El Otmani told […]
Some 53 young Algerians perished or went uncounted for last month while trying to reach Spanish Baleare Islands, TSA reports citing Spanish media El Diario de Murcia. Algeria has become a major departing point for migrants wishing to reach Europe via Spain, the Spanish media said citing Maria Angeles Colsa, member of CIPIMD, a Spanish […]
spokesperson of the Basque Nationalist Party at the Spanish Congress of Deputies Aitor Esteban underlined Wednesday that the solution to the Sahara issue must be sought within the framework of the possible. The Polisario must understand “what is possible and what is impossible” to reach a solution to the Sahara issue, said Aitor Esteban during […]