Spain seeks US help in crisis with Morocco

The Spanish government is seeking US support in the crisis with Morocco, which escalated in April, when it was revealed that Policario leader Brahim Khali had been admitted to hospital in the Spanish city of Logrono. The Spanish Foreign Minister expressed his desire to resolve the diplomatic crisis with Morocco in a telephone conversation with his US envoy, Anthony Blingen. According to a Spanish newspaper, Donald Trump’s decree on the Moroccan Sahara is the result of bad relations. L is secret.

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Last Monday, Spanish Prime Minister Point Sanchez met with US President Joe Biden at a NATO summit in Brussels. This is the first time the Spanish prime minister has met with President Biden since receiving citizenship at the White House on January 20 this year. Sanchez sought to have the United States play an active role in resolving the crisis between Spain and Morocco.

Good relations between the two countries began to crumble after former US President Donald Trump signed a decree on December 10, 2020, recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara. On the same day, Spain indefinitely postponed the summit between the two governments. Morocco also wants Spain to support recognition, but recently Minister Gonzalez Laya said he had no intention of changing his position to Spain.