Morocco and Spain to Hold High-Level Talks as Ambassador Returns to Madrid

Ambassador Benyaich had been summoned to Rabat on May 20 for consultations due to the diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain opened after the arrival of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front. The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, during a press conference, had declared that Benyaich "will not return to Madrid as long as the crisis lasts, and the crisis will last as long as its true cause persists".

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Benyaich will likely resume her post in Madrid this week, after three months of crisis, Diario Vasco believes. And her first mission will be to organize the high-level meeting between the two countries, initially scheduled for December 2020, then postponed for health reasons according to the Moroccan official sources. Rescheduled for February 2021, the meeting never took place.

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