Algeria, which has severed its relations with Morocco , has opted to end the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline. During a meeting with Spanish ambassador Fernando Moran at the headquarters of his ministerial department, Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines, Mohamed Arkab reiterated his country’s "total commitment" to "cover all of Spain’s natural gas supplies through Medgaz".
Civil Guard agents found the lifeless body of a man who may be of Moroccan origin on the beach of El Chorrillo, in Sebta, on Wednesday.
Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares is said to have given up validating the proposal to appoint Camilo Villarino as Spain’s ambassador to Moscow. This, in order to avoid any new tension with Morocco.
Civil Guard agents arrested in Inca (Majorca Island) a Moroccan who had repeatedly violated the restraining order with his ex-wife. Before his arrest, he threatened to jump from the fifth floor.
Algeria’s decision to "break off diplomatic relations with Morocco" raises fears in Spain of a rethinking of the dialogue initiated with the kingdom with a view to resuming diplomatic relations.
The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) is asking the Spanish Ministry of the Interior to exceptionally open the border to allow the repatriation of the body of Abdelfattah Charkaoui, who died by drowning on August 11 while trying to reach Melilla by swimming.
The Popular Party (PP) does not approve of the "dialogue without taboos" on the Sahara and on Ceuta and Melilla, announced by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs in the context of the resumption of relations with Morocco. According to the opposition party, "there is nothing to negotiate on Ceuta and Melilla".
A 19-year-old Moroccan woman was kidnapped, tortured and raped at the end of July by two young compatriots in Formentera (Balearic Islands). The news has caused outrage in Spain.
Karima Benyaich , Morocco’s ambassador to Spain, will regain her post in Madrid in the coming days, where several files, including the restoration of maritime lines between Morocco and Spain, await her.
The crisis between Spain and Morocco is gradually conjugating in the past. The two countries have expressed their willingness to renew ties on new bases.
Spain will allocate 9.7 million euros for the complete maintenance of the borders of Ceuta and Melilla, both in terms of facilities and infrastructure, in order to improve surveillance and control.
The recent royal speech expressing "the need to open a ’new unprecedented stage’" between Morocco and Spain continues to stir the Spanish public opinion. The opposition has called on the head of government, Pedro Sanchez, to seize the hand extended by King Mohammed VI.