The former president recalls that the way to support the independence of the Sahara is the position of the Government of Spain since 2008
The former President of the Government of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has stated that recovering the relationship with Morocco is “fundamental” for Spain and a “success” for Spanish diplomacy. “We are two countries that need each other for security, the economy, the process of everything that migration represents,” he added.
Zapatero has participated this Saturday, March 19, in a talk-colloquium organized by the PSOE of Alto Aragón, in the Palacio de Congresos de Huesca.
In statements to the media, he was surprised that “there is talk of turning or change” in Spanish politics when, since 2007, Spain supports the path of defending the Sahara autonomy project, “as a basis for the process of negotiation between Morocco and the Polisario Front. Said project “my government supports it openly and the Rajoy government did not change its position”, he added.
He has invited to resort to the newspaper archives to check this issue because “it seems that we are in times where memory and recollection are complicated” but “this has been taking shape as a State policy”, he stressed.
Crisis with Morocco
The former president has said that, after the “crisis” experienced with Morocco as a result of the presence in Spain of the leader, Brahim Ghali, in April 2021, the central government “has once again reaffirmed an intelligent, determined position, which also does not determines the end result.
After 50 years, Zapatero continued, a solution to the conflict in the Sahara has not been possible and the “unrepentant” positions, “all or nothing”, history shows that “they do not lead to solutions”, he assessed.
For this reason, he has opted for the path of “coexistence and understanding” as a solution, although he has recognized that it is difficult to travel. The position that the Government of Spain has had “maintains the position that Spain has had since 2008,” he reiterated.
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