The head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, will make his first visit to Morocco after his decision to support the Sahara autonomy plan, probably in May, the time to appease his political partners who have denounced the decision.
Pedro Sanchez’s trip to Rabat to mark the start of the new stage of relations with Morocco will not take place before May, Moncloa sources tell Ok Diario , adding that the Chief Executive Spanish will delay its meeting with Mohammed VI for a few weeks to calm the spirits of its political partners (Podemos, ERC and EH Bildu) who disapproved of the change of position on the Sahara .
Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares will travel to Morocco as planned this week, on April 1, to prepare for Sanchez’s second visit to Rabat since taking office, the first having been in November 2018. .
The change of position on the Sahara does not guarantee any territorial integrity to Spain, given that Mohammed VI has made no formal commitment in this direction, assure certain sources who note that Spain has made this historic reversal without any counterpart from Morocco. A diplomatic price that they consider too high to just normalize relations.
The question of the Sahara has always been in the background of the crisis between Morocco and Spain. Tensions between the two countries escalated with Brahim Ghali’s “illegal” entry into Spain last April and the ensuing invasion of migrants into Ceuta in May.
