“It’s never too late when a good agreement is reached,” he defended Pedro Sanchez on his first visit to Ceuta and Melilla Behind Change in Spain’s position towards Western Sahara and Morocco. The District President has argued that this new position “not only ends a crisis but opens a much stronger relationship where the mutual respect and territorial integrity both countries.”
Sánchez has defended that in order to achieve the goal of laying the foundations for Ceuta’s progress, stability and security are “of paramount importance”, he said, the “silent” diplomatic work that has been carried out since last May with Morocco will be carried out.
The head of the executive branch has lamented that there was “little communication” after the last migration crisis between the two territories last May, which is why he is celebrating the agreement reached, which according to him had “good results for Spain and also for Morocco”.
The President qualified Morocco as a “strategic” partner. And when asked if Algeria had been informed of the negotiations, Sánchez limited himself to insisting that with Algeria “we have extraordinary relations. For Spain both Morocco and Algeria are some partners who are allies and I am confident that they will remain so for years to come.”
Sánchez highlighted that the Spanish executive “It just deepened a position that had been voiced by other governments of different political persuasions.” In addition, he stressed that Spain “followed the position that other very powerful nations in Europe have also expressed”, adding: “It is still one of the proposals contained in the United Nations resolutions”, to emphasize the below “It is important to recognize that those affected must agree on the solution.”