The National Intelligence Center (CNI) has assured that Morocco cannot put pressure on Pedro Sanchez with sensitive information it may have obtained after hacking his phone using the Pegasus spyware.
Spain has confirmed that it will not participate in the military exercises organized by the US and Moroccan armies, African Lion 2022, which will take place from June 20 to July 1 in Morocco and other African countries.
The Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, meets this Wednesday his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelouafi Laftit, at the ministry’s headquarters. Issues related to migration flows, police cooperation and the Marhaba Operation will be on the agenda of this meeting, which comes in the midst of a diplomatic crisis between Algeria and Spain.
The Spanish government wants to demand that Morocco respect the agreement reached on April 7 in Rabat, at the end of the meeting between Pedro Sanchez and King Mohammed VI. It threatens to go back on its decision on the Sahara to end tensions with Algeria.
The National Intelligence Center (CNI) has alerted the Spanish government to the massive arrival, in the coming months, of migrants from Algeria. Can the country exert migratory pressure on Spain?
Morocco was ranked 170th out of more than 200 countries as the most hostile tourist destination for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people in the 2022 edition of the LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Index.
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, accuses Russia of having encouraged Algeria to suspend trade exchanges with Spain.
The coach of Morocco, Vahid Halilhodzic , is on the hot seat. His departure had been announced since the elimination of the Atlas Lions in the round of 16 of the Africa Cup in Cameroon. The crisis with certain players like Hakim Ziyech has exacerbated the situation. He could land in Algeria.
The Algerian embassy to the European Union (EU) assured on Friday that trade exchanges with Spain have not been suspended and that the country’s gas supply is not in danger.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, assured that the Spanish government will give a "serene but firm" response to Algeria, which has decided to suspend its trade relations and the treaty of friendship with Spain, in reaction to the change of position on the Sahara.
The European Commission has demanded that Algeria reverse its decision to suspend the friendship treaty with Spain, which it considers "extremely worrying".
The Algerian Special Envoy, in charge of the Western Sahara issue and the Maghreb countries, Amar Belani, stated on Wednesday that Morocco continues to wage a "dirty war" on neighboring countries, in violation of "international conventions and virtuous practices governing interstate relations".