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Tuesday, March 22, 2022 5:34 PM
the change of government in his position on the Western Saharawhich now supports the Moroccan proposal continues to create tensions at international level and also friction within the coalition and with the usual partners of the executive branch.
This Tuesday, both the opposition and the PNV questioned that Jose Manuel Albares during the Senate scrutiny session, where the foreign minister has repeatedly defended Spain’s position on the Sahara “within the framework of the United Nations”. An argument repeated several times throughout the session.
The PNV Senator Estefanía Beltrán recalled this during her question time Morocco avoided condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations and has accused the courts of having learned of the change in the position of the executive through a letter published by Morocco. He has also claimed that this “unilateral decision by the government” breaks with Spain’s historical responsibility in relation to the Sahara and violates UN resolutions on the matter.
In response, Albares hinted at it this Wednesday appears at your own request to explain “the new phase in relations with Morocco” and assured that “Spain’s position on the Sahara issue is at the United Nationswith the United Nations Charter, with the United Nations Security Council resolutions to find a mutually acceptable solution”.
An argument repeated by the Secretary of State when asked by the popular Senator Pilar Rojo. “The government of Spain and its position is within the framework of the United Nations, as usual. With the Security Council resolutions, as always, he asserted. Albares also stressed that the Spanish position also supports the United Nations Special Envoy for the Sahara, with whom he said he had met up to four times last on this one Monday.
In the same spirit repeating that Spain’s position coincides with that of the United Nations Albares responded to questions from Esquerra Republicana Senator Jordi Martí Deulofeu.
In addition, since this Tuesday, the six senators of the Confederal Left have displayed Saharan flags in the plenary hall United we can Exhibition in Congress Flags and symbols in support of the Saharawi people, further evidence of the division this issue is creating in the coalition executive. The moment can be seen here:
