Nasser Bourita , Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, reacted to the statement by Pedro Sanchez, President of the Spanish Government, on the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. He reiterated that ’the bilateral crisis is not related to the migration issue.’
With a view to facilitating access to administrative services for Moroccans, the Moroccan embassy in Lisbon has just set up a mobile consulate in Porto.
Morocco has a strategic importance for Spanish interests, acknowledged Pedro Sánchez during the presentation of the Action Plan for the Internationalization of the Spanish Economy 2021-2022.
The massive arrival of migrants in Ceuta against the backdrop of a diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain continues to provoke reactions. Michael Roth, German Minister of State for Europe, has just attacked the Moroccan authorities.
The diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain caused by the hospitalization of Brahim Ghali, the Polisario chief, in Logroño under the assumed name of Mohamed Ben Battouche, an Algerian national, is worsening. The first vice-president of the Spanish government, Carmen Calvo, accuses Rabat of having exceeded "the limit of good neighborliness".
He was firm and objective. Former Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Garcia-Margallo has sharply challenged the position currently adopted by Spanish leaders on the Sahara issue. Invited Tuesday evening on a Spanish radio station, he indicated that his successor is on the wrong track and must revise his copy.
Morocco is already active in seeking a seat on the UN Security Council. The kingdom aims to occupy, for the fourth time, the seat of a non-permanent member, for the period 2028-2029.
French diplomacy is working for a resumption of dialogue between Morocco and Spain. Jean-Yves Le Drian made this known on Sunday, during a television program.
In reaction to the migration crisis in Ceuta and the Brahim Ghali affair, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just instructed its ambassadors in the 27 European Union countries to "counter Morocco’s diplomatic offensive".
The overheated relations between Madrid and Rabat will allow, in an irreversible way, to get Morocco out of the clichés under which it appears in the eyes of Spain and even of Europe as a whole. This is the opinion of the French daily Le Monde which analyzes the migration issue from different diplomatic and geopolitical angles.
While Nasser Bourita , Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, has warned against the exfiltration of Brahim Ghali, his counterpart Arancha Gonzalez Laya assures that the leader of the Polisario will respond to Spanish justice.
Morocco does not weaken in the face of Spain’s "provocations" which, in the face of this week’s migration flow, has summoned the kingdom’s ambassador to Madrid in rather undiplomatic terms. Returned to Rabat "this week" for "consultations", Nasser Bourita considered "it is important to speak directly about the current state of bilateral relations between Rabat and Madrid".