Spain sends a letter of formal complaint to Morocco stating that Ceuta and Melilla are Moroccan.
The government sent a note verbale to Morocco to convey its complaint about a letter in which the neighboring country’s government confirmed to the European Union that Ceuta and Melilla They are Moroccan citiesAs diplomatic sources confirm.
A diplomatic complaint sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Moroccan embassy in Spain “categorically” rejects the terms used by the Moroccan government in its protest letter to the European Commission for repeatedly referring to the “Spanishness” of Ceuta and Melilla. Margarits Shinas, Vice President responsible for immigration.
Shinas has repeatedly emphasized that the borders of the two autonomous cities are “internationally recognized” and are the borders of the European Union.
In response, Morocco sent a letter of protest to the Commission expressing its discomfort with the statements about “the Moroccan cities of Ceuta and Melilla”.
breach of agreement
The Moroccan document surprised the government because, as part of the agreement “on the establishment of a new partnership between Spain and Morocco” solemnly signed in April 2022, it defines the obligation of both “to avoid anything that offends the other side, especially in affects the respective areas of sovereignty”, after Spain’s turn regarding Western Sahara.
The agreement also affirmed that the new relationship would be based on “mutual respect, compliance with agreements, the absence of unilateral actions, and transparency and continuous communication.”
In addition, the roadmap stated that both countries were committed to “full normalization of the movement of people and goods in an orderly manner” and that the resumption of transit would include “appropriate customs and crowd control devices at land and sea level”. “.
Foreign Minister José Manuel Albarez explained then, in March 2022, that this meant opening borders and customs in Ceuta and Melilla “in the coming days”. Since then, the transit of people has resumed, but not of goods, which continues with “pilot tests”.
Source: El Diario
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