Spain Stands Firm on Western Sahara Amid Diplomatic Tensions with Morocco

Morocco and Spain maintain "good neighborly and priority relations" that must be based on "trust and respect" and maintained "with depth and loyalty," said Carmen Calvo in her speech at the Cadena SER Cantabria Forum.

"The Spanish government cannot tolerate that our borders and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla be violated," stressed the vice president, who specified that Spain’s position on the Sahara is the backdrop to the current diplomatic crisis provoked by the reception in Spain of Brahim Ghali for "humanitarian" reasons. But Spain will not change its position on the sovereignty of the Sahara, she assured.

The vice president also confirmed on the occasion the departure of Ghali from Spain, in the early hours of this Wednesday on a plane bound for Algeria, refuting the lack of transparency in the movements of the latter. "We cannot prevent someone who enters our country from leaving," said Carmen Calvo.