Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez termed his country’s relationship with Morocco as “strategic,”–in public reassurances that bilateral collaboration covers multiple facets–during his appearance on Sunday evening on Spanish television’s La Sexta.
“Morocco is vital to us in terms of commerce, economic access to an important continent like Africa, security, counter-terrorism efforts, and, without question, migration policy,” said Sanchez.
On the Moroccan Sahara, the Spanish Prime Minister stated that his government has a constructive stance, viewing Morocco’s autonomy plan–proposed in 2007–as the most serious and credible solution for settling the conflict.
Sanchez said that there has been no progress in the long-running 50-year issue. Therefore, if the international community–including the United States and the major European nations–decide to find alternative means to resolve the crisis within the framework of the United Nations and its Security Council resolutions, Spain should initiate a similar proactive approach, he added.