
Morocco-Spain Ferry Services Resume After Diplomatic Thaw
Morocco and Spain will gradually resume maritime links starting this Tuesday, April 12, following the normalization of relations between the two countries.

Morocco and Spain will gradually resume maritime links starting this Tuesday, April 12, following the normalization of relations between the two countries.

Zakariya el Boubekraoui is a young Moroccan athlete who is making his way in Spain. Last March, he won the Zaragoza half-marathon.

A taxi driver of Moroccan origin was killed on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Lleida, in northeastern Spain. The Mossos d’Esquadra have opened an investigation to solve the murder of Mohamed Ezzeraiga.

The reconciliation between Morocco and Spain, signed last week during a visit by Pedro Sánchez, could contribute to the revival of trade between the two countries.

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) plans to meet with shipping companies, representatives of the Moroccan merchant navy and port authorities on Monday to agree on the exact date for the resumption of maritime links with Morocco.

Following the reconciliation between Morocco and Spain, Moroccan transporters expect the authorities of the two countries to find solutions to the problems they face on a daily basis.

The resumption of relations between Spain and Morocco will facilitate the rapid return of migrants who arrived in the Canary Islands. In addition to the weekly flight to Laâyoune that transports about 80 migrants to Morocco, two other flights to Casablanca and Agadir will be organized.

The Spanish government does not intend to publish the security plan for Ceuta and Melilla provided for in the new national security strategy, approved last December. The document will be classified as a state secret.

The President of the Government of Ceuta , Juan Vivas (PP), welcomed the "new stage" in the relationship between Spain and Morocco, consecrated by the visit of Pedro Sanchez to Rabat on Thursday. According to him, this new cooperation places the autonomous city in a "much better position than before the migration crisis of May".

The Polisario Front has decided to suspend its contacts with the Spanish government, after the visit on Thursday of Pedro Sanchez to Rabat and the publication of the joint declaration that sanctioned his meeting with King Mohammed VI .

The president of Nueva Canarias (NC), Román Rodríguez, drew the attention of the Spanish government on Saturday to the persistence of Morocco’s annexationist desires on Ceuta , Melilla and certain Spanish islands, including the Canaries.

Spanish farmers and the Polisario Front continue to denounce the production of Moroccan tomatoes in the Sahara and their "illegal" export to the European Union.