Spain Resists Recognizing Moroccan Sovereignty Over Western Sahara, Citing Concerns for Ceuta and Melilla

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Spain Resists Recognizing Moroccan Sovereignty Over Western Sahara, Citing Concerns for Ceuta and Melilla

Spain is not about to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. It fears that the kingdom will claim Ceuta and Melilla.

Spain will not change its position on the Sahara. If Morocco succeeds in annexing this territory, "the next step will be Sebta and Melilla," confide sources from the executive to the Spanish newspaper El mundo. Confidences that are far from anodyne. The head of the Moroccan government Saâdeddine El Othmani declared in December