Morocco Indefinitely Delays Maritime Border Decision with Spain’s Canary Islands

This Moroccan decision is "good news" according to the president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, recalling that the delimitation proposed by Morocco included the waters around the archipelago which are in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Spain.

The Canarian president stated that despite this postponement of the approval of the laws relating to these delimitations of maritime borders, the Spanish and Canarian governments must remain "very vigilant" to prevent Morocco from going through with its intentions to annex part of the waters around the Canary Islands to its territory.

Torres addressed the issue with the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Margarita Robles, during a meeting on Sunday. For the two officials, "it is clear" that control and vigilance levels must be maintained in defending the interests of the archipelago and Spain.