The former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzales Laya, now Dean of the School of International Affairs at Sciences Po in Paris, calls on the Spanish government to maintain "the best relations with Morocco".
The representative of Spain within the UN Special Committee on Decolonization renounced on Monday his intervention during a meeting that addressed, among other things, the issue of the Sahara, a source of conflict between Morocco and the Polisario for nearly 50 years.
The Sahara issue will be at the heart of four meetings of the UN Security Council during this month of October. Meetings at the end of which the United Nations (UN) will take a new resolution.
In his speech delivered on the occasion of the 77th UN General Assembly, the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, notably addressed the issue of the Sahara.
Morocco and Spain are considering carrying out joint oil exploration off the Sahara, off the Canary Islands.
In Kenya, the decision of the new president William Ruto to cancel his country’s recognition of the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)" has been simply canceled.
Deputy and Secretary General of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU), Nabila Mounib, was very acerbic against French President Emmanuel Macron, denouncing his "unacceptable blackmail against Morocco", referring to the visa problem.
The visit to Mantes-la-Ville of the Sahrawi activist Sultana Khaya provoked the anger of leaders of several Moroccan associations in the city. The latter call for the opening of an investigation.
The Arab League will not intervene as a mediator in the crisis between Spain and Algeria, out of respect for the principle of non-interference and because neither country has requested it.
Two Mauritanian civilians are said to have been killed in a new Moroccan attack in the Sahara.
Invited to the 87th Fête de l’Humanité held on September 9, 10 and 11 in Paris, the pro-Polisario activist Sultana Khaya took the opportunity to strongly criticize Morocco.
France now more than ever needs to review its foreign policy in the Maghreb and strengthen its ties with its partners in the region, in a particular context marked by tensions with Morocco over visas and the Sahara, and the recent visit of Emmanuel Macron to Algeria.