Spain Issues Diplomatic Protest to Morocco
In a significant diplomatic move, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced that his government has summoned the Moroccan ambassador to Madrid to express strong discontent over remarks made by two Moroccan ministers regarding the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla. The Prime Minister characterized these statements as "unacceptable," emphasizing the sensitivity surrounding the issues of migration and territorial sovereignty. During a parliamentary session addressing the recent crisis that saw a large influx of migrants into Ceuta, Sánchez underscored that Spanish intelligence had found no evidence implicating Moroccan authorities, or any foreign entities, such as Russia or Israel, in orchestrating social media campaigns that encouraged migrants to cross into Spain.
Prime Minister Sánchez further clarified that there was no substantiated evidence to suggest that the crossings into Ceuta were premeditated or executed by Moroccan government officials. He reiterated the importance of maintaining cooperative relations with Morocco, despite the political pressure his administration faces domestically to investigate the circumstances surrounding the surge of over 72,000 migrants who irregularly entered Ceuta during the crisis on July 30 and 31. Notably, Spanish authorities have reported that they successfully returned more than 90% of these migrants, highlighting the ongoing challenges and complexities of managing migration flows in the region.
As reported by jordannews.jo.
