After it was revealed that the phone of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was being spied on, doubts have been raised about the relationship of this affair with Madrid’s change of position on the Western Sahara issue, which has directly affected relations. Algerian-Spanish.
In this regard, the leader of the Spanish People’s Party, Alberto Figo, questioned Sanchez on this subject, wondering if Spain’s new position on the Western Sahara issue was linked to spying on the telephone of this latest.
Figo said in a statement released by the site “La Vanguardia”, that the new position taken by Pedro Sanchez regarding Western Sahara could be linked to the attack on his phone.
The same speaker wondered if the information stolen from his phone could have weakened his position in international relations, and if this espionage has nothing to do with the change in position of historical consensus towards Algeria, the Sahara Western and Morocco.
The opposition politician believes that the Spanish government has deceived the Spanish people by removing Paz Esteban from the post of director of the National Intelligence Center.
It should be noted that the espionage operation to which Sanchez was exposed took place at the height of the diplomatic crisis between Rabat and Madrid, in the context of the reception by the latter of the Saharawi President Brahim Ghali for treatment.
The spy operation also took place during the same period in which Amnesty International revealed Rabat’s use of the Pegasus program to spy on and monitor politicians and journalists.
It should be noted that Algerian-Spanish relations are experiencing unprecedented tension.
