Spain’s Foreign Minister says negotiators have ‘a duty’ to agree a deal on Gib frontier mobility
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Spain’s Foreign Minister said negotiators have a “duty” to agree a deal that ensures cross-border fluidity and protects citizens of Gibraltar and Spain.
Arancha Gonzalez Laya told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge On Sunday that without a deal for Gibraltar, the Rock’s border with Spain would become an external border of the European Union and Spain “wants to avoid that”.
She was speaking just hours before London and Brussels agreed on Sunday to more talks on an elusive UK/EU trade agreement.
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Morocco basked in US recognition of its sovereignty over Western Sahara Friday after outgoing President Donald Trump changed policy on the decades-old dispute in return for Rabat agreeing to normalise relations with Israel.
For the Polisario Front, which has campaigned for independence for the former Spanish colony since the 1970s, Trump s announcement marked a major setback and drew a promise to fight on until Moroccan forces withdraw.
But crucially, there was no immediate reaction from neighbouring Algeria, Morocco s regional rival and the Polisario s key foreign backer, whose support would be essential for any return to major fighting.
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita hailed US recognition of Western Sahara s Moroccan identity as a historic diplomatic breakthrough .
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ISRAEL and Morocco announced they are to ânormalise tiesâ in another US-brokered deal.
On Thursday, Morocco became the fourth Arab country since August to strike a deal ânormalising relations with Israelâ. The others are the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan.
As part of the agreement, US President Donald Trump agreed to recognise Moroccoâs sovereignty over the Western Sahara, where there has been a decades-old territorial dispute with Morocco pitted against the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, a breakaway movement that seeks to establish an independent state in the territory.
The Moroccan ruling class has stabbed the Palestinians in the back!