The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that it "does not have a file on the entry of Brahim Ghali into Spain". This, despite the many public interventions of Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya on the subject, since the opening of the diplomatic crisis with Morocco, provoked by the reception of the leader of the Polisario Front.
The Moroccan government did not invite the ambassadors of Spain and Germany to the meeting held on Wednesday, June 15 with foreign ambassadors accredited in Morocco. The diplomatic tension with the two countries on the Sahara issue is to blame.
Podemos has been publicly thanked by the Polisario Front and Sahrawi media for its support for the Sahrawi cause in the Ghali case. This was on the occasion of the party’s assembly held in Alcorcón (Madrid).
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, has asked US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to help Spain resolve the crisis caused by the US recognition under Trump of Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.
Saïd Ayachi, president of the Algerian Committee for Support to the Sahrawi People (CNASPS), reacted to the evacuation of the Polisario leader, Brahim Ghali, to his return to Algeria and the diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain. The Algerian official describes Morocco as a "rogue state".
After several unsuccessful attempts, the UN has just proposed the Swede Staffan de Mistura, former UN mediator in Syria, as the next special envoy for the Sahara. Will this new proposal be accepted?
The Polisario believes that the government of Pedro Sánchez has acted in a "consistent" manner with its reception policy, despite the "controversy fueled by Morocco" in the media. This is what Abdulah Arabi, the movement’s delegate in Spain, indicated.
The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, said yes to his Algerian counterpart Sabri Boukadoum, who invited him to negotiations on the Sahara issue. It was in Dakhla, in the company of his Senegalese counterpart Aïssata Tall Sall during the inauguration of his country’s consulate general in this city, that the minister expressed his decision.
Jordan now has a diplomatic representation in the Sahara. The inauguration ceremony was held on Thursday in Laayoune, in the presence of the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita , and his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune stated that his country "will not abandon the Western Sahara issue". This is his way of reiterating his support for the Polisario, his protégé, and reviving tensions between the two countries.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has reaffirmed his country’s position on the Sahara. He maintains that the "Sahrawis have the right to self-determination".
Morocco and Spain share common interests in the areas of immigration, security and fishing. However, relations between the two countries remain tense, particularly due to their differences on the Sahara issue.