Spain’s PM Sanchez Affirms Ceuta and Melilla as Spanish Territory, Rebuffing Moroccan Claims

"Ceuta and Melilla are Spain, period," affirmed the Spanish leader, in response to an opposition question on the matter. According to him, the two Spanish autonomous cities located on the North African coast are unquestionably part of Spanish territory.

This clarification comes after the Moroccan government, in a letter addressed to the UN, argued that "Melilla is an occupied presidio by Spain" and that "the Kingdom of Morocco has no borders with Spain."

[The opposition in parliament pushed Sanchez to "defend national sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Spain">84074], publicly stating that the Moroccan government’s remarks were "completely false."

For the record, in the aftermath of the events of June 24 in Melilla, Morocco had defended itself, denying before the UN Human Rights Council the existence of land borders between Morocco and Spain.