Spain Seeks ’Common Space’ with Morocco in Maritime Border Talks

27 April 2022 – byPrince@Bladi · 1 min read

The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, assured on Tuesday that the working group on the delimitation of maritime waters between Spain and Morocco will "once and for all" settle this issue so that this maritime border becomes a "common space" and not a "space of confrontation".

Albares specified that the authorities of the Canary Islands will be "fully" associated with this work, which will start "soon", even if the issue of border delimitation falls under the exclusive competence of the government. The Spanish Foreign Minister made this statement in response to questions from opposition deputies in Congress, regarding the oil exploration authorized by Morocco off the Canary Islands and its consequences on the environment of the archipelago.

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On this issue, the Minister of Foreign Affairs assured that "all these concerns will be addressed by the working group", stressing that he is closely monitoring Morocco’s oil exploration to ensure that it does not affect the Canary Islands. In a previous press conference, José Manuel Albares indicated that the work of this commission, which has not met for 15 years, will help strengthen the relationship between the two countries.

Category: Spain

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Spain Canary Islands Maritime