The date of the resumption of maritime links between Spain and Morocco will be known today, at the end of a meeting organized at the port of Algeciras with shipping companies and companies that provide port services as part of passenger traffic.
The president of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce, held a meeting with the various port stakeholders to finalize the preparation of the Marhaba Operation.
Following the reconciliation between Morocco and Spain, Moroccan transporters expect the authorities of the two countries to find solutions to the problems they face on a daily basis.
The resumption of relations between Spain and Morocco will facilitate the rapid return of migrants who arrived in the Canary Islands. In addition to the weekly flight to Laâyoune that transports about 80 migrants to Morocco, two other flights to Casablanca and Agadir will be organized.
The Spanish government does not intend to publish the security plan for Ceuta and Melilla provided for in the new national security strategy, approved last December. The document will be classified as a state secret.
The President of the Government of Ceuta , Juan Vivas (PP), welcomed the "new stage" in the relationship between Spain and Morocco, consecrated by the visit of Pedro Sanchez to Rabat on Thursday. According to him, this new cooperation places the autonomous city in a "much better position than before the migration crisis of May".
The Polisario Front has decided to suspend its contacts with the Spanish government, after the visit on Thursday of Pedro Sanchez to Rabat and the publication of the joint declaration that sanctioned his meeting with King Mohammed VI .
The president of Nueva Canarias (NC), Román Rodríguez, drew the attention of the Spanish government on Saturday to the persistence of Morocco’s annexationist desires on Ceuta , Melilla and certain Spanish islands, including the Canaries.
Spanish farmers and the Polisario Front continue to denounce the production of Moroccan tomatoes in the Sahara and their "illegal" export to the European Union.
The Algerian diplomat Amar Belani, in charge of monitoring the conflict in the Sahara at the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reacted on Friday to the visit of Pedro Sanchez to Rabat, describing the change in Spain’s position on the Sahara as a "crime".
The former Spanish Deputy Prime Minister, Pablo Iglesias, described as "immoral" and "ineffective" the decision of the government of Pedro Sanchez to support the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara.
After changing its position on the Sahara issue, Spain has adopted the complete map of Morocco and its southern provinces.