The Arab Parliament, the legislative body of the Arab League, has voted an emergency resolution recognizing the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla as "Moroccan cities".
Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) will soon be able to reach Tanger Med via the port of Portimao in Portugal to spend their summer vacation in Morocco. The final details before the launch of this new maritime link are being finalized by the two countries.
Three Civil Guard agents have been arrested and prosecuted for corruption and complicity with a hashish trafficking network from Morocco to Spain. The accused received 7,500 euros each for not intercepting a boat carrying 750 kilos of hashish.
Former Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has called on the government of Pedro Sanchez to "do everything possible to restore good relations with Morocco as soon as possible".
The Spanish government plans to urgently implement a strategic plan to fight the "economic blockade of Morocco" on Ceuta and Melilla.
The Vox party, the Ceuta section, demands that Morocco recognize the "Spanishness" of Ceuta and Melilla before any resumption of relations. It also demands that the borders remain permanently closed to limit migratory flows from the kingdom.
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, without providing information on the identity of the people on board the Algerian presidency’s plane that transported Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, to Spain on April 18, asked the air force to authorize the plane to land at the Zaragoza air base and enter the territory without any customs control.
The President of Melilla, Eduardo de Castro, has criticized Morocco’s strategy of stifling Ceuta and Melilla, with the construction of large ports in the north of the country and the cessation of the supply of Melilla with smuggled goods.
The municipal council of Algeciras (Cadiz), led by José Ignacio Landaluce (PP), denounced on Saturday the "disinterest" of the central government (PSOE and Podemos) for the city and recalled the important role of the port of the city as an essential link in the transport of goods at the European and global level.
Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, "Minister of Foreign Affairs" of the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)" reacted to the diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain. He claims that the kingdom "wanted" Spain and the European Union to recognize, like the United States, its sovereignty over the Sahara.
The A-66 motorway, one of the main roads used each summer by Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to reach Morocco, is one of the most affected by the cancellation of the Marhaba Operation 2021.
During an emergency session held this Saturday in Cairo, the Arab Parliament once again rejected the resolution of the European Parliament against Morocco . It denounced its "interference" and its "insistence" on intervening in a bilateral crisis between the kingdom and Spain.